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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9689 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health, to create edu-
cational materials with respect to covered disorders for elementary and 
secondary school students, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 22, 2022 
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 Wom-
en’s Health, to create educational materials with respect 
to covered disorders for elementary and secondary school 
students, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Know Your Body Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and at least every five years 
thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Wom-
en’s Health, shall— 
(1) create or update evidence-based, medically 
accurate educational materials with respect to cov-
ered disorders, including— 
(A) the timing, signs, and symptoms of 
each covered disorder; 
(B) the impacts of covered disorders on the 
physical, emotional, social, and academic life of 
an individual; 
(C) statistics on covered disorders; 
(D) evidence-based, medically accurate best 
practices on how an individual with a covered 
disorder can be a health care advocate for such 
individual; and 
(E) evidence-based, medically accurate 
treatment options for covered disorders, includ-
ing evidence-based, medically accurate rec-
ommendations for follow-up care from a health 
care provider; 
(2) in consultation with the Secretary of Edu-
cation, make such materials— 
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(A) widely accessible and publicly available 
to students of elementary schools and secondary 
schools; and 
(B) informative and understandable to 
such students; and 
(3) provide guidance to elementary schools and 
secondary schools on how the materials may be used, 
including— 
(A) integrating the materials into a cur-
riculum; and 
(B) distributing the materials to students. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED DISORDERS.—The term ‘‘covered 
disorders’’ means uterine, ovarian, and related hor-
monal and menstrual disorders, such as endo-
metriosis, uterine fibroids, and polycystic ovary syn-
drome. 
(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
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