US Congress Senate Bill 689 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Invest in Women's Health Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide support to public or nonprofit entities to expand certain preventive health services, with an emphasis on increasing access to cancer screening, particularly for women of color. The bill reauthorizes through FY2020: (1) programs related to breast and gynecologic cancers under Medicaid and family planning programs, and (2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. HHS must establish a demonstration grant program to train health care providers regarding breast and gynecologic cancer screening. HHS must study and report on access to women's preventive cancer screening, including cancer rates by state, cancer screening by state, and estimated federal savings achieved through early detection of breast and gynecologic cancer.

Invest in Women's Health Act of 2017

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-21	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB6315 (Related) 2018-07-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/689/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s689/BILLS-115s689is.pdf