1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) Deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children require access to specialized early intervention providers and programs in order to help them meet their linguistic and cognitive potential. (2) Families of deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children benefit from comprehensive early intervention programs that assist them in supporting their child’s development in all domains. (3) Best practices principles for early intervention for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children have been identified in a range of areas including listening and spoken language and visual and signed language acquisition, family-to-family support, support from individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, progress monitoring, and others. (4) Effective hearing screening and early intervention programs must be in place to identify hearing levels in deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children so that they may access appropriate early intervention programs in a timely manner. 3. Reauthorization of program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children Section 399M of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–1 ) is amended to read as follows: 399M. Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment Regarding Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Newborns, Infants, and Young Children (a) Health Resources and Services Administration The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall make awards of grants or cooperative agreements to develop statewide newborn, infant, and young childhood hearing screening, diagnosis, evaluation, and intervention programs and systems, and to assist in the recruitment, retention, education, and training of qualified personnel and health care providers (including education and training of family