Congress 117 - HR 2216 - Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2021

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Cancer Congressional oversight Disability and health-based discrimination Government studies and investigations Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Immunology and vaccination Medicaid Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Minority health Racial and ethnic relations Rural conditions and development Sex and reproductive health Women's health

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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.

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