S 1735
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health
Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women's Health Act of 2019
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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