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1784 To establish an Office on Women’s Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.. 12 ‘‘b DUTIES.—The Office shall, with respect to the 13 health

107 TH CONGRESS

1 ST S ESSION H R 1784

To establish an Office on Women’s Health within the Department of Health

and Human Services, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

M AY 9, 2001 Mrs M ORELLA (for herself, Mrs M ALONEY of New York, Mr W AXMAN , Mr.

T OM D AVIS of Virginia, Ms S LAUGHTER , Mr M C N ULTY , Mr H ONDA ,

Ms B ROWN of Florida, Mrs T HURMAN , Ms E SHOO , Mr L ANTOS , Ms.

L EE , Mr W YNN , Mr F ROST , Ms N ORTON , Ms M C C ARTHY of Missouri,

Mr H ILLIARD , Mr H ORN , Ms B ALDWIN , Ms M ILLENDER -M C D ONALD , Mrs C HRISTENSEN , Ms D E L AURO , Ms J ACKSON -L EE of Texas, Mr.

W EXLER , Ms S OLIS , Mrs R OUKEMA , Mr K ILDEE , Ms K APTUR , Ms.

H ARMAN , Ms S CHAKOWSKY , Mr B ENTSEN , and Mrs J ONES of Ohio) in-troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-ergy and Commerce

A BILL

To establish an Office on Women’s Health within the Depart-ment of Health and Human Services, and for other pur-poses

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of

Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

2

SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women’s Health Office

4

Act of 2001’’

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SEC 2 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE ON

WOM-1

EN’S HEALTH.

2

Part A of title II of the Public Health Service Act

3

(42 U.S.C 202 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

4

the following:

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‘‘SEC 229 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE ON

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WOMEN’S HEALTH.

7

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is

estab-8

lished within the Office of the Secretary an Office on

9

Women’s Health (referred to in this section as the

‘Of-10

fice’) The Office on Women’s Health shall be headed by

11

a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health

12

‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Office shall, with respect to the

13

health concerns of women—

14

‘‘(1) establish short-range and long-range goals

15

and objectives and coordinate all activities within the

16

Department of Health and Human Services that

re-17

late to disease prevention, health promotion, service

18

delivery, research, and public and health care

profes-19

sional education concerning women;

20

‘‘(2) provide expert advice and consultation to

21

the Secretary concerning scientific, legal ethical, and

22

policy issues relating to women’s health;

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‘‘(3) monitor the Department of Health and

24

Human Services offices, agencies, and regional

ac-25

tivities regarding women’s health and stimulate

ac-26

tivities and facilitate coordination of such

depart-1

mental and agency offices on women’s health;

2

‘‘(4) establish a Department of Health and

3

Human Services Coordinating Committee on

Wom-4

en’s Health to be chaired by the Deputy Assistant

5

Secretary for Women’s Health which shall be

com-6

posed of senior level representatives from each of the

7

agencies and offices of the Department of Health

8

and Human Services;

9

‘‘(5) establish a National Women’s Health

In-10

formation Center to—

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‘‘(A) facilitate the exchange of information

12

regarding matters relating to health

informa-13

tion and health promotion, preventive health

14

services, research advances, and education in

15

the appropriate use of health care;

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‘‘(B) facilitate access to such information;

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‘‘(C) assist in the analysis of issues and

18

problems relating to the matters described in

19

this paragraph; and

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‘‘(D) provide technical assistance with

re-21

spect to the exchange of information (including

22

facilitating the development of materials for

23

such technical assistance);

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‘‘(6) coordinate efforts to promote women’s

1

health programs and policies in the private sector;

2

and

3

‘‘(7) through publications and any other means

4

appropriate, provide for the exchange of information

5

between the Office and recipients of grants,

con-6

tracts, and agreements under subsection (c), and

be-7

tween the Office and health professionals and the

8

general public

9

‘‘(c) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REGARDING DU

-10

TIES.—

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‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out subsection

12

(b), the Secretary, acting through the Office, may

13

make grants to, and enter into cooperative

agree-14

ments, contracts, and interagency agreements with

15

public and nonprofit private entities, agencies, and

16

organizations

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‘‘(2) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.—The

18

Office shall directly or through contracts with public

19

and private entities, agencies, and organizations,

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provide for evaluations of projects carried out with

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financial assistance provided under paragraph (1)

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and for the dissemination of information developed

23

as a result of such projects

24

‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31, 2003,

1

and January 31 of each second year thereafter, the

Sec-2

retary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate

com-3

mittees of Congress a report describing the activities

car-4

ried out under this section during the period for which

5

the report is being prepared

6

‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the

7

purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized

8

to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for

9

each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006

10

‘‘(f) TRANSFER.—There are transferred to the Office,

11

all functions exercised by the Office on Women’s Health

12

of the Public Health Service prior to the date of enactment

13

of this section, including all personnel and compensation

14

authority, all delegation and assignment authority, and all

15

remaining appropriations All orders, determinations,

16

rules, regulations, permits, agreements, grants, contracts,

17

certificates, licenses, registrations, privileges, and other

18

administrative actions—

19

‘‘(1) which have been issued, made, granted, or

20

allowed to become effective by the President, any

21

Federal agency or official thereof, or by a court of

22

competent jurisdiction, in the performance of

func-23

tions which are transferred under this subsection;

24

and

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‘‘(2) which are in effect at the time this section

1

takes effect, or were final before the date of

enact-2

ment of this section and are to become effective on

3

or after such date;

4

shall continue in effect according to their terms until

5

modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in

6

accordance with law by the President, the Deputy

Assist-7

ant Secretary for Women’s Health or other authorized

of-8

ficial, a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation

9

of law.’’

10

SEC 3 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND

PREVEN-11

TION OFFICE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH.

12

Part A of title III of the Public Health Service Act

13

(42 U.S.C 241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

14

the following:

15

‘‘CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

16

OFFICE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH

17

‘‘SEC 310A (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is

estab-18

lished within the Office of the Director of the Centers for

19

Disease Control and Prevention an office to be known as

20

the Office of Women’s Health (referred to in this section

21

as the ‘Office’) The Office shall be headed by a director

22

who shall be appointed by the Director of such Centers

23

‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The Director of the Office shall—

24

‘‘(1) determine the current level of the Centers

25

activity regarding women’s health conditions, across

26

age, biological, and sociocultural contexts, in all

as-1

pects of the Centers work, including prevention

pro-2

grams, public and professional education, services,

3

and treatment;

4

‘‘(2) establish short-range and long-range goals

5

and objectives for women’s health and coordinate all

6

other activities within the Centers that relate to

pre-7

vention, research, education and training, service

de-8

livery, and policy development;

9

‘‘(3) identify projects in women’s health that

10

should be conducted or supported by the National

11

Centers;

12

‘‘(4) consult with health professionals,

non-13

governmental organizations, consumer organizations,

14

women’s health professionals, and other individuals

15

and groups, as appropriate, on the policy of the

Cen-16

ters with regard to women; and

17

‘‘(5) serve as a member of the Department of

18

Health and Human Services Coordinating

Com-19

mittee on Women’s Health (established under

sec-20

tion 229(b)(4))

21

‘‘(c) COORDINATING COMMITTEE.—

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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out

sub-23

section (b), the Director of the Office shall establish

24

a committee to be known as the Coordinating

Com-25

mittee on Research on Women’s Health (referred to

1

in this subsection as the ‘Coordinating Committee’)

2

‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Coordinating

Com-3

mittee shall be composed of the Directors of the

Na-4

tional Centers

5

‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of the

Of-6

fice shall serve as the chairperson of the

Coordi-7

nating Committee

8

‘‘(4) DUTIES.—With respect to women’s health,

9

the Coordinating Committee shall assist the Director

10

of the Office in—

11

‘‘(A) identifying the need for programs and

12

activities that focus on women’s health;

13

‘‘(B) identifying needs regarding the

co-14

ordination of activities, including intramural

15

and extramural multidisciplinary activities; and

16

‘‘(C) making recommendations to the

Di-17

rector of the Centers for Disease Control and

18

Prevention concerning findings made under

19

subparagraphs (A) and (B)

20

‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31, 2003,

21

and January 31 of each second year thereafter, the

Direc-22

tor of the Office shall prepare and submit to the

appro-23

priate committees of Congress a report describing the

ac-24

tivities carried out under this section during the period

1

for which the report is being prepared

2

‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—As used in this section the term

3

‘women’s health conditions’, with respect to women of all

4

age, ethnic, and racial groups, means all diseases,

dis-5

orders, and conditions—

6

‘‘(1) unique to, more serious, or more prevalent

7

in women; and

8

‘‘(2) for which the factors of medical risk or

9

type of medical intervention are different for women,

10

or for which it is unknown whether such factors or

11

types are different for women

12

‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the

13

purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized

14

to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for

15

each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’

16

SEC 4 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND

QUAL-17

ITY OFFICE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH.

18

Part C of title IX of the Public Health Service Act

19

(42 U.S.C 299c et seq.) is amended—

20

(1) by redesignating section 928 as section 929;

21

and

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(2) by inserting after section 927 the following:

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‘‘SEC 928 OFFICE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH.

1

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within

2

the Office of the Director of the Agency for Healthcare

3

Research and Quality an office to be known as the Office

4

of Women’s Health (referred to in this section as the

‘Of-5

fice’) The Office shall be headed by a director who shall

6

be appointed by the Director of the Agency

7

‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The Director of the Office shall—

8

‘‘(1) determine the current Agency level of

ac-9

tivity regarding women’s health, across age,

biologi-10

cal, and sociocultural contexts, in all aspects of

11

Agency work, including development of evidence

re-12

ports and clinical practice protocols, and conducting

13

research into patient outcomes, delivery of health

14

care services, quality of care, and access to health

15

care;

16

‘‘(2) establish short-range and long-range goals

17

and objectives for research important to women’s

18

health and coordinate all other activities within the

19

Agency that relate to health services and medical

ef-20

fectiveness research;

21

‘‘(3) identify projects in women’s health that

22

should be conducted or supported by the Agency;

23

‘‘(4) consult with health professionals,

non-24

governmental organizations, consumer organizations,

25

women’s health professionals, and other individuals

26

and groups, as appropriate, on Agency policy with

1

regard to women; and

2

‘‘(5) serve as a member of the Department of

3

Health and Human Services Coordinating

Com-4

mittee on Women’s Health (established under

sec-5

tion 229(b)(4))

6

‘‘(c) COORDINATING COMMITTEE.—

7

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out

sub-8

section (b), the Director of the Office shall establish

9

a committee to be known as the Coordinating

Com-10

mittee on Research on Women’s Health (referred to

11

in this subsection as the ‘Coordinating Committee’)

12

‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Coordinating

Com-13

mittee shall be composed of the Directors of the

14

Centers and Offices

15

‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of the

Of-16

fice shall serve as the chairperson of the

Coordi-17

nating Committee

18

‘‘(4) DUTIES.—With respect to research on

19

women’s health, the Coordinating Committee shall

20

assist the Director of the Office in—

21

‘‘(A) identifying the need for such

re-22

search, and making an estimate each fiscal year

23

of the funds needed to adequately support the

24

research;

25

‘‘(B) identifying needs regarding the

co-1

ordination of research activities, including

in-2

tramural and extramural multidisciplinary

ac-3

tivities; and

4

‘‘(C) making recommendations to the

Di-5

rector of the Agency concerning findings made

6

under subparagraphs (A) and (B)

7

‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31, 2003,

8

and January 31 of each second year thereafter, the

Direc-9

tor of the Office shall prepare and submit to the

appro-10

priate committees of Congress a report describing the

ac-11

tivities carried out under this section during the period

12

for which the report is being prepared

13

‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the

14

purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized

15

to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for

16

each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.’’

17

SEC 5 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

ADMINISTRA-18

TION OFFICE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH.

19

Title VII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C 901

20

et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

21

‘‘OFFICE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH

22

‘‘SEC 713 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is

estab-23

lished within the Office of the Administrator of the Health

24

Resources and Services Administration an office to be

25

known as the Office of Women’s Health (referred to in

26