{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases/portman-hassan-applaud-house-passage-of-their-early-hearing-detection-and-intervention-legislation", "Portman, Hassan Applaud House Passage of their Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Legislation", "2022-12-06", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "NH", "Margaret Wood Hassan", "H001076", "www.hassan.senate.gov", "hassan", "https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) applauded the House passage of their Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2022, legislation that will reauthorize current research and improve public health programs for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss in newborns, infants, and young children for five additional years. Senator Portman led the effort to get this program reauthorized for 5 years in 2017. The program is currently set to expire at the end of 2022. Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. Senator Portman\u2019s bill was amended by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in June and passed the Senate by unanimous consent last Thursday. Today, it passed the House by a vote of 408-17. The bill will now be sent to the president\u2019s desk for signature.\n\n\u201cI am pleased this important bill has now passed the Senate and the House. Early hearing detection is critical because children with hearing loss often fall behind their peers in speech development, cognitive skills, and social skills,\u201d said Portman. \u201cThis bill takes important steps to continue critical programs for early hearing detection and intervention for newborns, infants, and young children. I look forward to it being signed into law soon.\u201d\n\n\u201cEvery child deserves to have the same opportunities to thrive, but if a child\u2019s hearing problems go undetected early in life, they can face long-term challenges,\u201d said Senator Hassan. \u201cI am glad that this bill to strengthen early detection of hearing loss in newborns and young children is heading to the President\u2019s desk to be signed into law. I will continue working so that every child, regardless of their abilities, can receive the support that they need.\u201d\n\nNOTE: The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act reauthorizes current research and public health activities related to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss in newborns and infants. Specifically, this legislation:\n\nAuthorizes development of programs for hearing screening of newborns, infants, and young children;\n\nAuthorizes prompt evaluation and diagnosis of children referred from screening programs;\n\nProvides for educational, audiological, and medical interventions for children confirmed to be deaf or hard-of-hearing;\n\nAllows education and medical models to ensure that newborns, infants, and young children who are identified through hearing screening receive follow up by qualified early intervention providers, qualified health care providers, or pediatric medical homes; and\n\nContinues research and development for early hearing detection and intervention, including development of technologies and clinical studies of screening methods.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hassan.senate.gov/news/press-releases/portman-hassan-applaud-house-passage-of-their-early-hearing-detection-and-intervention-legislation"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9686390403658152, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}