SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Well-woman visits are the foundation on 
which women’s preventive care is built. Such visits 
include not only specific screening tests, but also a 
medical history, physical examination, evaluation 
and counseling, and, as indicated, vaccinations. 
(2) Over the past 20 years, it has become clear 
that ‘‘one size does not fit all’’ when it comes to pre-
vention. Although a 30-year-old woman without risk 
factors for cervical cancer may only need a Pap test 
with HPV co-testing every 5 years, the same woman 
would need more frequent screening if she were in-
fected with HIV or had a history of cervical cancer 
precursors. 
(3) It is only after taking a medical history and 
evaluating and counseling a patient that a physician 
can make patient-specific recommendations for 
screening tests, vaccinations, preventive medications, 
and other preventive services. 
(4) Well-woman visits facilitate increased access 
to health care that is shown to identify chronic dis-
ease risk factors, promote well-being, and decrease 
the likelihood or delay the onset of a targeted dis-
ease or condition. 
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(5) Heart disease, stroke, and other cardio-
vascular diseases are the number one cause of death 
in American women, claiming over 400,000 lives 
each year, or nearly one death each minute. 
(6) Women are less likely than men to receive 
aggressive diagnosis and treatment for cardio-
vascular diseases. 
(7) Women are more likely than men to have 
forgone needed health care due to cost. 
(8) Between 2002 and 2010, screening mam-
mography rates among women in the United States 
who were 50 years of age to 64 years of age declined 
from about 79 percent to 73 percent. 
(9) In 2009, only 53 percent of 18- to 64-year- 
olds in the United States reported having ever re-
ceived an HIV test. 
(10) The proportion of women in the United 
States 22 years of age to 30 years of age who re-
ported never having had a Pap test increased from 
6.6 percent in 2000 to 9.0 percent in 2010 despite 
current recommendations that they receive a Pap 
test every three years. 
(11) In 2007, 29.3 percent of women in the 
United States delivering a live birth did not receive 
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any prenatal care in the first trimester, even though 
first trimester prenatal care is recommended. 
(12) Among sexually active females in the 
United States who are 16 years of age to 20 years 
of age, only 52.7 percent of such females receiving 
benefits under the Medicaid program and 40.1 per-
cent of such females with health insurance coverage 
under commercial health insurance plans were 
screened for genital Chlamydia infections during the 
measurement year, as reported in 2008. A 2013 
analysis published by the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention found that for Chlamydia cases 
diagnosed in 2008 alone, the associated lifetime di-
rect medical costs amount to $516.7 million. 
(13) Almost half (49 percent) of the 6.7 million 
pregnancies in the United States each year (3.2 mil-
lion) are unintended. Multiple studies have shown 
that improved access to birth control significantly 
improves the health of women and their families, as 
it is directly linked to improved maternal and infant 
health outcomes. Women that plan their pregnancies 
are more likely to access prenatal care, improving 
their own health and the health of their children. 
(14) Between 2006 and 2010, one-third of all 
pregnancies were conceived within 18 months of a 
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previous birth, an interval that is potentially harmful 
to the health of the mother. 
(15) Improved access to family planning also 
saves money. For every $1.00 invested in family 
planning, taxpayers save nearly $4.00 in Medicaid- 
related expenses. 
(16) During the 2011–2012 flu season, 53 per-
cent of pregnant women did not receive rec-
ommended vaccination against influenza. 
SEC. 3. WOMEN’S PREVENTIVE HEALTH AWARENESS CAM-
PAIGN. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g et al.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 399V–6. WOMEN’S PREVENTIVE HEALTH AWARENESS 
CAMPAIGN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide for 
the planning and implementation of a national public out-
reach and education campaign to raise public awareness, 
including provider awareness, of women’s preventive 
health. Such campaign shall include the media campaign 
under subsection (b) and the website under subsection (c) 
and shall provide for the dissemination of information 
that— 
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