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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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Heart Health En5 hancement through Access to Research and Training 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS 

2 FOR PHYSICIANS ON WOMEN’S HEART 

3 HEALTH. 

4 Part A of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 300w et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 1910A. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PRO8 GRAMS FOR PHYSICIANS ON WOMEN’S HEART 

9 HEALTH. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For activities in addition to the 

11 activities which may be carried out by States under section 

12 1904(a)(1)(A), the Secretary may make grants to eligible 

13 entities to support a program to establish and implement 

14 continuing education programs for physicians designed to 

15 improve the prevention, identification, and treatment of 

16 cardiovascular disease in women. 

17 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 

18 this section may use grant funds to establish, for physi19 cians who provide health care services that include cardio20 vascular health— 

21 ‘‘(1) a women’s heart health continuing medical 

22 education program that meets the requirements 

23 specified in subsection (c); or 

24 ‘‘(2) to expand or improve upon a women’s 

25 heart health continuing medical education program 

26 that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) meets such requirements; and 

2 ‘‘(B) is carried out by such recipient as of 

3 the date of the enactment of this section. 

4 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab6 lish requirements for women’s heart health con7 tinuing medical education programs to be carried 

8 out using funds awarded through a grant under this 

9 section. 

10 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM CRITERIA.—At a minimum, the 

11 Secretary shall require that programs referred to in 

12 paragraph (1) be— 

13 ‘‘(A) evidence-based; 

14 ‘‘(B) focused on cardiovascular health and 

15 disease specific to women; and 

16 ‘‘(C) designed to allow applicable State li17 censing bodies to provide continuing medical 

18 education credit for the completion of such a 

19 program; and 

20 ‘‘(D) provided by an entity that is accred21 ited as a continuing medical education provider 

22 by the Accreditation Council for Continuing 

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1 sicians, or the American Osteopathic Associa2 tion; and 

3 ‘‘(3) PROMOTION PLAN.—As a condition on re4 ceipt of grant funds under this section, an eligible 

5 entity shall certify to the Secretary that the entity 

6 has in effect a plan to advertise the continuing edu7 cation program or programs established, or ex8 panded or improved upon, pursuant to this section 

9 to physicians who provide health care services that 

10 include cardiovascular health. 

11 ‘‘(4) COLLABORATION.—In developing the re12 quirements for continuing medical education pro13 grams under this subsection, the Secretary shall col14 laborate with relevant stakeholders that specialize in 

15 cardiovascular health for women, including— 

16 ‘‘(A) allopathic physicians and osteopathic 

17 physicians; 

18 ‘‘(B) academic and research institutions; 

19 ‘‘(C) representatives of the Centers for 

20 Disease Control and Prevention; 

21 ‘‘(D) representatives of State medical 

22 boards; and 

23 ‘‘(E) representatives of the Accreditation 

24 Council for Continuing Medical Education, the 

25 American Medical Association, the American 


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1 Academy of Family Physicians, and the Amer2 ican Osteopathic Association. 

3 ‘‘(5) GEOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION DIVER4 SITY.—The stakeholders referred to in paragraph 

5 (4) shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) represent a diverse set of geographic 

7 areas, including rural, urban, and suburban 

8 areas; and 

9 ‘‘(B) include representatives of high popu10 lation density States (as determined by the Sec11 retary). 

12 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

13 of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall sub14 mit to Congress a report on— 

15 ‘‘(1) best practices for the program established 

16 under this section; 

17 ‘‘(2) the rates of physician and medical profes18 sional utilization at eligible entities of training pro19 vided through the program; 

20 ‘‘(3) obstacles faced by grant recipients in car21 rying out such training; and 

22 ‘‘(4) the impact of the grant programs with re23 spect to women’s heart health outcomes. 

24 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PRO2 GRAM.—The term ‘continuing medical education 

3 program’ means a series of courses that meet re4 quirements for continuing medical education or con5 tinuing education by— 

6 ‘‘(A) the Accreditation Council for Con7 tinuing Medical Education; 

8 ‘‘(B) the American Medical Association; 

9 ‘‘(C) the American Academy of Family 

10 Physicians; 

11 ‘‘(D) the American Osteopathic Associa12 tion; or 

13 ‘‘(E) another medical professional organi14 zation or certified accrediting body, as deter15 mined appropriate by the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en17 tity’ means— 

18 ‘‘(A) a hospital; 

19 ‘‘(B) a community health center; 

20 ‘‘(C) another health care setting; 

21 ‘‘(D) a State, local, territorial, or Tribal 

22 public health department; 

23 ‘‘(E) a medical or other health professional 

24 school; and 


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1 ‘‘(F) any other appropriate public or pri2 vate nonprofit entity (or consortia of such enti3 ties). 

4 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

5 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029.’’. 

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