IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1032 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, 
stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Heart Disease Edu-
cation, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women 
Act’’ or the ‘‘HEART for Women Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-
FICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study investigating the ex-
tent to which sponsors of clinical studies of investigational 
drugs, biologics, and devices and sponsors of applications 
for approval or licensure of new drugs, biologics, and de-
vices comply with Food and Drug Administration require-
ments and follow guidance for presentation of clinical 
study safety and effectiveness data by sex, age, and racial 
subgroups. 
(b) REPORT BY GAO.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall complete the study under 
subsection (a) and submit to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate a report on the results 
of such study. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include each of the following: 
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(ii) oversight by the Food and Drug 
Administration of such requirements. 
(c) REPORT BY HHS.—Not later than 6 months 
after the submission by the Comptroller General of the 
report required under subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a response to that re-
port, including a corrective action plan as needed to re-
spond to the recommendations in that report. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘biologic’’ has the meaning given 
to the term ‘‘biological product’’ in section 351(i) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(i)). 
(2) The term ‘‘device’’ has the meaning given to 
such term in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(h)). 
(3) The term ‘‘drug’’ has the meaning given to 
such term in section 201(g) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g)). 
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SEC. 3. REPORTING ON QUALITY OF AND ACCESS TO CARE 
FOR WOMEN WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DIS-
EASES. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 399V–5. REPORTING ON QUALITY OF AND ACCESS TO 
CARE FOR WOMEN WITH CARDIOVASCULAR 
DISEASES. 
‘‘Not later than September 30, 2013, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the 
quality of and access to care for women with heart disease, 
stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases. The report shall 
contain recommendations for eliminating disparities in, 
and improving the treatment of, heart disease, stroke, and 
other cardiovascular diseases in women.’’. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF WISEWOMAN PROGRAM. 
Section 1509 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300n–4a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’; and 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘may make grants’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘purpose’’ and inserting the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘may make grants to such States for 
the purpose’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘there are 
authorized’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘there are authorized to be appro-
priated 
$23,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2012, 
$25,300,000 for fiscal year 2013, $27,800,000 for 
fiscal year 2014, $30,800,000 for fiscal year 2015, 
and $34,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 30 
(legislative day September 29), 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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