H.R. 4541
To reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.
Sponsor: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
20 cosponsors
- Daniel S. Goldman
- Deborah K. Ross
- Nanette Diaz Barragán
- Lois Frankel
- Madeleine Dean
- Josh Gottheimer
- Angie Craig
- Jerrold Nadler
- Nicholas A. Langworthy
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick
- Debbie Dingell
- Diana Harshbarger
- Kathy Castor
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- Joe Wilson
- Ted Lieu
- Timothy M. Kennedy
- Sarah Elfreth
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
This bill reauthorizes and revises programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that support services and education addressing breast and cervical cancer.
The bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and makes changes to the CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. This program provides grants to states for breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for individuals who have low incomes, are uninsured, or otherwise lack access to such services. The bill increases flexibility in how states may spend grant funds under the program.
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the work of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, including the number of individuals served and barriers to accessing screenings.
Also, the bill reauthorizes through FY2031 CDC programs relating to young women’s awareness of breast health and breast cancer. These programs include campaigns to educate young women and health care professionals, research on preventing breast cancer in younger women, and grants for resources and services to young women diagnosed with breast cancer and precancerous conditions.
Text of the bill
I EARLY Act Reauthorization
Section 399NN(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280m(h)) is amended by striking 2026 and inserting 2031.
II SCREENS for Cancer Act