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Bill117th CongressFiled Mar 26, 2021Health
H.R. 2216

Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2021

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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 26, 2021)

Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women's Health Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a series of programs to increase access to cancer screenings for women.

These programs include demonstration projects to

  • train certain health care providers to screen for breast and cervical cancer, and
  • increase co-testing of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer among populations that have disproportionate rates of cervical cancer.

What just happenedMar 29, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34](D-CA)Sponsor
51 cosponsors51 D
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  1. Mar 29, 2021Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Health Subcommittee
  2. Mar 26, 2021IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  3. Mar 26, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  4. Mar 26, 2021IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2021 — Informed