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US HR3129

US HR3129
Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2019


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Introduced
06/05/2019
In Committee
06/06/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening. This bill establishes, or authorizes to be established, a series of programs relating to cancer screenings for women. Among other things, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration programs that (1) support certain cancer-screening training for health care providers at family planning and community health centers, and (2) support increased co-testing of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer among demographics that have disproportionate rates of cervical cancer.

AI Summary

This bill, the Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women's Health Act of 2019, aims to provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening. It establishes or authorizes the establishment of a series of programs related to cancer screenings for women. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to set up demonstration programs that support cancer screening training for healthcare providers at family planning and community health centers, and increase co-testing of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer among demographics that have disproportionate rates of cervical cancer. The bill also authorizes funding for cancer screening programs under Medicaid and Title X, and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on increased access to women's cancer screening across the United States.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (47)

Jimmy Gomez (D)* Pete Aguilar (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Judy Chu (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Val Demings (D),  Veronica Escobar (D),  Lizzie Fletcher (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Elaine Luria (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Joe Morelle (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  David Trone (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 06/06/2019)

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