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Senator Dodd Celebrates Senate Passage of the PREEMIE Act
August 2006 On August 1, 2006 the Senate unanimously approved passage of the PREEMIE Act, legislation that aims to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity by expanding and coordinating the research of the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control on preterm labor, delivery and care as well as the treatment of low-birth weight babies. Along with Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Senator Dodd authored the bill. |