Ian Kalvinskas Pediatric Liver Cancer Early Detection and Screening Act

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study federal efforts to detect and treat liver tumors in children, deaths among children waiting for liver transplants, and the cost effectiveness of adding a direct-bilirubin test to state newborn screening panels. The GAO would report its findings to Congress within one year. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to create and share plain-language materials on early signs of liver disease in children and on the option and safety of living liver donation. The GAO would report on that education program within 3 years of its start, and the bill authorizes no additional funds for it.

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Sponsors

• Jim Costa Democrat sponsor
• 17 cosponsors