IDIQ to Support the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children   2

The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary with recommendations, advice, and technical information regarding the most appropriate application of technologies, policies, guidelines, and standards for: (a) effectively reducing morbidity and mortality in newborns and children having, or at risk for, heritable disorders; and (b) enhancing the ability of state and local health agencies to provide newborn and child screening, counseling, and health care services for newborns and children having, or at risk for, heritable disorders. Specifically, the Committee makes systematic evidence-based recommendations to the Secretary on conditions that should be considered for addition to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP); and newborn screening for conditions that have the potential to significantly impact public health for methods used for screenin