This bill aims to improve access to cancer screening for women, particularly those facing health disparities. It establishes three main programs: grants to women's health care providers to expand preventive cancer screening services like breast exams and cervical cancer tests, a three-year training demonstration program to educate health care providers on the latest cancer screening guidelines and cultural competency, and a two-year pilot project testing combined human papillomavirus and cervical cancer screening methods. The legislation authorizes $20 million annually from 2025 through 2027 for the grants program and requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress every five years on cancer screening rates across the country, with particular attention to disparities among women of color, rural women, and uninsured or underinsured women. The bill focuses on addressing documented health inequities, as certain groups like Black women experience higher mortality rates from certain cancers despite lower overall incidence rates.
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