# 119-hr-4709: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025

119-hr-4709, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-31).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4709
- Congress: 119
- Title: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-07-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-31

## Summary

**Expanding and strengthening newborn screening and genomic research programs** to improve follow-up care, lab performance, and data sharing for children and families. - Families and children gain clearer education and outreach. Grants must fund parent-facing programs that cover counseling, testing (including newborn screening pilot studies), follow-up, treatment, specialty services, and long-term care and must re-engage patients who miss recommended follow-up. - State public health programs and laboratories get bigger surveillance and lab tools. The bill requires real-time data linkages, performance-evaluation services, and raises authorized funding from $11.9 million to $20.9 million and from $8.0 million to $22.3 million for program lines through 2030 to boost capacity and infrastructure. - Researchers and advisors face stricter requirements and more transparency. The Hunter Kelly Research Program is mandatory, pilots must be ready for use, grantees should consult state health departments, dried blood spot research is codified as secondary research, and the advisory committee gets expanded duties and consumer-facing nomination materials. *Authorizes larger federal funding levels through 2030, increasing potential federal spending compared with current law.*

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] (R-ID), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Better lab tests and tracking: benefit, medium. If enacted, this would strengthen laboratory quality and screening-test development. It would require performance evaluation services, tools for data analysis and harmonization, and sharing of best laboratory practices to improve disease detection. It would push for near real-time tracking from ini…
- Required newborn screening research pilots: benefit, medium. If enacted, this would make the Hunter Kelly Research Program mandatory and prioritize piloting reliable newborn screening technologies that are ready for use. Funded groups would need to provide assurances, as practicable, that they will consult State health departments. The bill would also design…
- Clear newborn screening education for parents: benefit, low. If enacted, this would require federal educational programs for parents, families, and patient groups about newborn screening. Programs would have to cover counseling, testing (including pilot studies), follow-up, treatment, specialty services, and long-term care. Materials would have to match audi…
- Clearer advisory rules and coordination: benefit, low. If enacted, this would expand the federal Advisory Committee's duties and require consumer-facing explanations of the uniform screening panel nomination process. It would require disclosure of when technical assistance is available and when it could create a conflict of interest. The bill would als…
- More federal grants for screening: benefit, low. If enacted, this would raise authorized grant amounts for newborn screening programs. Paragraph (1) would be authorized at $20,883,000 and paragraph (2) at $22,250,000. The bill would update the statutory year references to 2026 and extend authorizations through 2030. These are authorizations only;…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4709 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4709)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4709 (as of 2026-10-31).