NDSS/NDSC Legislative Update

Newsline Legislative Update


Pre-Natally and Post-Natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act


To: NDSC and NDSS Members and Affiliated Parent Groups
From: Susan Goodman, Director, Governmental Affairs, NDSC
Madeleine Will, Vice President & Director, NDSS Policy Center

Date: February 28, 2008


On February 27, 2008 the Pre-Natally and Post-Natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act (S. 1810), co-sponsored by Senators Edward Kennedy (D.MA) and Sam Brownback (R.KS) was "voted out of the committee." This means that the next step is for the bill to be scheduled for a vote by the full Senate. Senate staff thanked NDSC and NDSS for our efforts in moving the bill. Although this is a great victory, our work is far from over! We will continue to track all developments in the Senate. The next step is for a bill to be introduced and passed in the House of Representatives. It is likely that a bill will be introduced soon and the process of moving it through will begin. We will, as always, keep readers updated and Call for Action at times when our advocacy efforts will be most effective. The bill that was reported out of committee will be posted on http://thomas.loc.gov soon. However, the precise time is not known. At that time we will publish a summary of the contents of the bill.

If you have questions about this alert, please contact Susang1961@aol.com or mwill@ndss.org.



This legislative update was approved by NDSC and NDSS for joint distribution on Friday, February 29th.