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Heart Health Enhancement through Access to Research and Training Act

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What This Bill Does

This bill creates a grant program that gives money to hospitals, health centers, and other organizations to develop educational programs for doctors about heart disease in women. The goal is to improve how doctors prevent, identify and treat heart disease specifically in women. These educational programs must meet accreditation standards for continuing medical education (training doctors take to stay current in their field).

Who It Affects

Physicians who provide heart health care services, hospitals, community health centers, medical schools, health professional schools, state and local public health departments, and tribal public health departments.

Key Provisions

- The Secretary of Health and Human Services can award grants to eligible organizations to create or improve women's heart health education programs for doctors. (Sec. 1910A(a)) - Grant recipients can use money to either start new education programs or expand existing ones that teach doctors about women's heart disease. (Sec. 1910A(b)) - All education programs funded by grants must be evidence-based, focused on heart disease specific to women, allow doctors to earn continuing education credits, and be provided by organizations accredited by recognized medical education groups. (Sec. 1910A(c)(2)) - Grant recipients must have a plan to advertise their programs to doctors who provide heart health services. (Sec. 1910A(c)(3)) - The Secretary must report to Congress within two years on program success, how many doctors use the training, obstacles faced, and impact on women's heart health outcomes. (Sec. 1910A(d))

What Changes

If this bill becomes law, eligible organizations can receive federal grants to create doctor training programs focused specifically on women's heart disease. These programs must meet strict quality standards and be advertised to physicians.

Important Definitions

- Continuing medical education program: A series of courses meeting requirements set by accreditation groups like the American Medical Association or American Osteopathic Association. (Sec. 1910A(e)(1)) - Eligible entity: Hospitals, community health centers, health care settings, state/local/tribal public health departments, medical schools, health professional schools, or other public or private nonprofit organizations. (Sec. 1910A(e)(2))

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 880 To establish a program to provide for women’s heart health continuing medical education, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 8, 2023 Ms. SHERRILL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To establish a program to provide for women’s heart health continuing medical education, and for other purposes. 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. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Heart Health En- 4 hancement through Access to Research and Training 5 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Mar 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H880.IH H880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 880 IH SEC. 2. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS 1 FOR PHYSICIANS ON WOMEN’S HEART 2 HEALTH. 3 Part A of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act 4 (42 U.S.C. 300w et seq.) is amended by adding at the 5 end the following: 6 ‘‘SEC. 1910A. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PRO- 7 GRAMS FOR PHYSICIANS ON WOMEN’S HEART 8 HEALTH. 9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For activities in addition to the 10 activities which may be carried out by States under section 11 1904(a)(1)(A), the Secretary may make grants to eligible 12 entities to support a program to establish and implement 13 continuing education programs for physicians designed to 14 improve the prevention, identification, and treatment of 15 cardiovascular disease in women. 16 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 17 this section may use grant funds to establish, for physi- 18 cians who provide health care services that include cardio- 19 vascular health— 20 ‘‘(1) a women’s heart health continuing medical 21 education program that meets the requirements 22 specified in subsection (c); or 23 ‘‘(2) to expand or improve upon a women’s 24 heart health continuing medical education program 25 that— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Mar 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H880.IH H880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 880 IH ‘‘(A) meets such requirements; and 1 ‘‘(B) is carried out by such recipient as of 2 the date of the enactment of this section. 3 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab- 5 lish requirements for women’s heart health con- 6 tinuing medical education programs to be carried 7 out using funds awarded through a grant under this 8 section. 9 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM CRITERIA.—At a minimum, the 10 Secretary shall require that programs referred to in 11 paragraph (1) be— 12 ‘‘(A) evidence-based; 13 ‘‘(B) focused on cardiovascular health and 14 disease specific to women; and 15 ‘‘(C) designed to allow applicable State li- 16 censing bodies to provide continuing medical 17 education credit for the completion of such a 18 program; and 19 ‘‘(D) provided by an entity that is accred- 20 ited as a continuing medical education provider 21 by the Accreditation Council for Continuing 22 Medical Education, the American Medical Asso- 23 ciation, the American Academy of Family Phy- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Mar 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H880.IH H880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 880 IH sicians, or the American Osteopathic Associa- 1 tion; and 2 ‘‘(3) PROMOTION PLAN.—As a condition on re- 3 ceipt of grant funds under this section, an eligible 4 entity shall certify to the Secretary that the entity 5 has in effect a plan to advertise the continuing edu- 6 cation program or programs established, or ex- 7 panded or improved upon, pursuant to this section 8 to physicians who provide health care services that 9 include cardiovascular health. 10 ‘‘(4) COLLABORATION.—In developing the re- 11 quirements for continuing medical education pro- 12 grams under this subsection, the Secretary shall col- 13 laborate with relevant stakeholders that specialize in 14 cardiovascular health for women, including— 15 ‘‘(A) allopathic physicians and osteopathic 16 physicians; 17 ‘‘(B) academic and research institutions; 18 ‘‘(C) representatives of the Centers for 19 Disease Control and Prevention; 20 ‘‘(D) representatives of State medical 21 boards; and 22 ‘‘(E) representatives of the Accreditation 23 Council for Continuing Medical Education, the 24 American Medical Association, the American 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Mar 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H880.IH H880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 880 IH Academy of Family Physicians, and the Amer- 1 ican Osteopathic Association. 2 ‘‘(5) GEOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION DIVER- 3 SITY.—The stakeholders referred to in paragraph 4 (4) shall— 5 ‘‘(A) represent a diverse set of geographic 6 areas, including rural, urban, and suburban 7 areas; and 8 ‘‘(B) include representatives of high popu- 9 lation density States (as determined by the Sec- 10 retary). 11 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 12 of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall sub- 13 mit to Congress a report on— 14 ‘‘(1) best practices for the program established 15 under this section; 16 ‘‘(2) the rates of physician and medical profes- 17 sional utilization at eligible entities of training pro- 18 vided through the program; 19 ‘‘(3) obstacles faced by grant recipients in car- 20 rying out such training; and 21 ‘‘(4) the impact of the grant programs with re- 22 spect to women’s heart health outcomes. 23 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Mar 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H880.IH H880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 6 •HR 880 IH ‘‘(1) CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PRO- 1 GRAM.—The term ‘continuing medical education 2 program’ means a series of courses that meet re- 3 quirements for continuing medical education or con- 4 tinuing education by— 5 ‘‘(A) the Accreditation Council for Con- 6 tinuing Medical Education; 7 ‘‘(B) the American Medical Association; 8 ‘‘(C) the American Academy of Family 9 Physicians; 10 ‘‘(D) the American Osteopathic Associa- 11 tion; or 12 ‘‘(E) another medical professional organi- 13 zation or certified accrediting body, as deter- 14 mined appropriate by the Secretary. 15 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en- 16 tity’ means— 17 ‘‘(A) a hospital; 18 ‘‘(B) a community health center; 19 ‘‘(C) another health care setting; 20 ‘‘(D) a State, local, territorial, or Tribal 21 public health department; 22 ‘‘(E) a medical or other health professional 23 school; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Mar 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H880.IH H880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 7 •HR 880 IH ‘‘(F) any other appropriate public or pri- 1 vate nonprofit entity (or consortia of such enti- 2 ties). 3 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 4 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 5 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029.’’. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:24 Mar 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H880.IH H880 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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