Ian Kalvinskas Pediatric Liver Cancer Early Detection and Screening Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 14
- Latest action
- Sep 18, 2025
What it does
The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a public education program on early signs of pediatric liver disease and the safety of living liver donation, in coordination with the CDC and other HHS initiatives, without additional funding. It also requires the Comptroller General to conduct a GAO study on federally funded pediatric liver disease initiatives, transplant wait-list mortality trends, and the cost-effectiveness of adding direct-bilirubin screening to state newborn panels, with a report due within one year of enactment and a follow-up report on the education program due three years after its initiation. The bill aims to improve early detection and…
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