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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2456 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 

the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health, to create educational materials with respect to covered disorders for elementary and 

secondary school students, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 

CLEAVER, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, and Ms. BARRAGA ́N) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health, to create educational materials with respect 

to covered disorders for elementary and secondary school 

students, 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 ‘‘Know Your Body Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, and at least every five years 

4 thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

5 acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Wom6 en’s Health, shall— 

7 (1) create or update evidence-based, medically 

8 accurate educational materials with respect to cov9 ered disorders, including— 

10 (A) the timing, signs, and symptoms of 

11 each covered disorder; 

12 (B) the impacts of covered disorders on the 

13 physical, emotional, social, and academic life of 

14 an individual; 

15 (C) statistics on covered disorders; 

16 (D) evidence-based, medically accurate best 

17 practices on how an individual with a covered 

18 disorder can be a health care advocate for such 

19 individual; and 

20 (E) evidence-based, medically accurate 

21 treatment options for covered disorders, includ22 ing evidence-based, medically accurate rec23 ommendations for follow-up care from a health 

24 care provider; 

25 (2) in consultation with the Secretary of Edu26 cation, make such materials— 


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1 (A) widely accessible and publicly available 

2 to students of elementary schools and secondary 

3 schools; and 

4 (B) informative and understandable to 

5 such students; and 

6 (3) provide guidance to elementary schools and 

7 secondary schools on how the materials may be used, 

8 including— 

9 (A) integrating the materials into a cur10 riculum; and 

11 (B) distributing the materials to students. 

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) COVERED DISORDERS.—The term ‘‘covered 

14 disorders’’ means uterine, ovarian, and related hor15 monal and menstrual disorders, such as endo16 metriosis, uterine fibroids, and polycystic ovary syn17 drome. 

18 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 

19 school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 

20 given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 

21 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

22 7801). 

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