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-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Heart Health En-
hancement through Access to Research and Training 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
FOR 
PHYSICIANS 
ON 
WOMEN’S 
HEART 
HEALTH. 
Part A of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300w et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1910A. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS FOR PHYSICIANS ON WOMEN’S HEART 
HEALTH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For activities in addition to the 
activities which may be carried out by States under section 
1904(a)(1)(A), the Secretary may make grants to eligible 
entities to support a program to establish and implement 
continuing education programs for physicians designed to 
improve the prevention, identification, and treatment of 
cardiovascular disease in women. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 
this section may use grant funds to establish, for physi-
cians who provide health care services that include cardio-
vascular health— 
‘‘(1) a women’s heart health continuing medical 
education program that meets the requirements 
specified in subsection (c); or 
‘‘(2) to expand or improve upon a women’s 
heart health continuing medical education program 
that— 
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‘‘(A) meets such requirements; and 
‘‘(B) is carried out by such recipient as of 
the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish requirements for women’s heart health con-
tinuing medical education programs to be carried 
out using funds awarded through a grant under this 
section. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM CRITERIA.—At a minimum, the 
Secretary shall require that programs referred to in 
paragraph (1) be— 
‘‘(A) evidence-based; 
‘‘(B) focused on cardiovascular health and 
disease specific to women; and 
‘‘(C) designed to allow applicable State li-
censing bodies to provide continuing medical 
education credit for the completion of such a 
program; and 
‘‘(D) provided by an entity that is accred-
ited as a continuing medical education provider 
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing 
Medical Education, the American Medical Asso-
ciation, the American Academy of Family Phy-
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sicians, or the American Osteopathic Associa-
tion; and 
‘‘(3) PROMOTION PLAN.—As a condition on re-
ceipt of grant funds under this section, an eligible 
entity shall certify to the Secretary that the entity 
has in effect a plan to advertise the continuing edu-
cation program or programs established, or ex-
panded or improved upon, pursuant to this section 
to physicians who provide health care services that 
include cardiovascular health. 
‘‘(4) COLLABORATION.—In developing the re-
quirements for continuing medical education pro-
grams under this subsection, the Secretary shall col-
laborate with relevant stakeholders that specialize in 
cardiovascular health for women, including— 
‘‘(A) allopathic physicians and osteopathic 
physicians; 
‘‘(B) academic and research institutions; 
‘‘(C) representatives of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention; 
‘‘(D) representatives of State medical 
boards; and 
‘‘(E) representatives of the Accreditation 
Council for Continuing Medical Education, the 
American Medical Association, the American 
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Academy of Family Physicians, and the Amer-
ican Osteopathic Association. 
‘‘(5) GEOGRAPHIC
AND
POPULATION
DIVER-
SITY.—The stakeholders referred to in paragraph 
(4) shall— 
‘‘(A) represent a diverse set of geographic 
areas, including rural, urban, and suburban 
areas; and 
‘‘(B) include representatives of high popu-
lation density States (as determined by the Sec-
retary). 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on— 
‘‘(1) best practices for the program established 
under this section; 
‘‘(2) the rates of physician and medical profes-
sional utilization at eligible entities of training pro-
vided through the program; 
‘‘(3) obstacles faced by grant recipients in car-
rying out such training; and 
‘‘(4) the impact of the grant programs with re-
spect to women’s heart health outcomes. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) CONTINUING
MEDICAL
EDUCATION
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘continuing medical education 
program’ means a series of courses that meet re-
quirements for continuing medical education or con-
tinuing education by— 
‘‘(A) the Accreditation Council for Con-
tinuing Medical Education; 
‘‘(B) the American Medical Association; 
‘‘(C) the American Academy of Family 
Physicians; 
‘‘(D) the American Osteopathic Associa-
tion; or 
‘‘(E) another medical professional organi-
zation or certified accrediting body, as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a hospital; 
‘‘(B) a community health center; 
‘‘(C) another health care setting; 
‘‘(D) a State, local, territorial, or Tribal 
public health department; 
‘‘(E) a medical or other health professional 
school; and 
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‘‘(F) any other appropriate public or pri-
vate nonprofit entity (or consortia of such enti-
ties). 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029.’’. 
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