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HR 4979 108th Congress House

Women's Pelvic Floor Health Education and Awareness Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for educational activities and research with respect to women's pelvic floor health through the Centers for D… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for educational activities and research with respect to women's pelvic floor health through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health.

Introduced: July 22, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 22, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action July 22, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Women's Pelvic Floor Health Education and Awareness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to educate health professionals and the public on bladder and bowel dysfunction (including incontinence), pelvic organ prolapse, and other pelvic floor disorders.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director should establish a national registry for surgical treatment of such disorders.

Requires the Directors of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to: (1) expand and intensify the activities of such Institutes with respect to women's pelvic floor disorders, including developing proposals for research on such disorders; and (2) provide for the continuing operation of the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network and the Clinical Trials Network for Female Pelvic Disorders. Commends such Institutes for their support of such Networks and such Networks for their research toward improving women's pelvic health.

Expresses the sense of Congress as to efforts that such Institutes should undertake, including increasing their research, recruiting established scientists, and developing a national data registry and tissue bank of people suffering from incontinence.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4979: Women's Pelvic Floor Health Education and Awareness Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4979/
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