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BO’s Act

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the use of home cardiorespiratory monitors for infants, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 14, 2025

Latest action (Mar 14, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the use of home cardiorespiratory monitors for infants in relation to preventing sudden unexpected infant death.
  • Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress within 1 year describing the results of the study.
  • Requires the report to include evidence on the effectiveness, performance, and accuracy of home cardiorespiratory monitors that track heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and other vital signs.
  • Requires the report to include new models of care to improve the home sleeping environment of infants, including the use of cardiorespiratory monitors.
  • Requires the report to include health care plan criteria for medically appropriate coverage of home cardiorespiratory monitors.
  • Requires the report to include recommendations on whether home cardiorespiratory monitors have shown product efficacy supporting coverage under public or private health insurance plans.

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Sponsor (1)
13 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Rudy Yakym’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $48,900
  • JAYCO $19,800
  • DARYLE DODEN PERSONAL FINANCES $19,800
  • KPS CAPITAL PARTNERS LP $13,200
  • BRINKLEY RV $13,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Rudy Yakym → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  2. Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3712 — BO’s Act · Introduced Jan 28, 2026 · Cong. 119 88%
  • HR 682 — Heartbeat Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 50%
  • HR 1291 — HEARTS Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 50%
  • HR 783 — Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act · Introduced Jan 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 50%
  • HR 2339 — Children’s Health Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 48%
  • S 248 — Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act · Introduced Jan 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 48%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 14, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 14, 2025

Mr. Yakym introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the use of home cardiorespiratory monitors for infants, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Baby Observation Act” or the “BO’s Act”.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON HOME CARDIORESPIRATORY MONITORS FOR INFANTS.

(a) Study.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”), pursuant to section 1121(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300c-11(a)), shall conduct a study on the use of home cardiorespiratory monitors for infants in relation to the prevention of sudden unexpected infant death (as defined in section 1121(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 300c-11(e))).

(b) Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study under subsection (a). Such report shall include the following:

(1) Evidence on the effectiveness, performance, and accuracy of home cardiorespiratory monitors that track the heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and other vital signs of an infant.

(2) New models of care to improve the home sleeping environment of an infant, including the use of cardiorespiratory monitors.

(3) Health care plan criteria for medically appropriate coverage for a home cardiorespiratory monitor.

(4) Recommendations on whether home cardiorespiratory monitors have shown product efficacy supporting coverage under public or private health insurance plans. <all>

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