Know Your Body Act
Bill: H.R.9689 | Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema (D-GA)
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Know Your Body Act
This bill directs the Office on Women's Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to create educational materials with respect to covered disorders for elementary and secondary school students. Covered disorders refer to uterine, ovarian, and related hormonal and menstrual disorders, such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and polycystic ovary syndrome.

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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Know Your Body Act''.

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 Women's Health, shall--
            (1) create or update evidence-based, medically accurate 
        educational materials with respect to covered 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, including evidence-
                based, medically accurate recommendations for follow-up 
                care from a health care provider;
            (2) in consultation with the Secretary of Education, make 
        such materials--
                    (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 curriculum; 
                and
                    (B) distributing the materials to students.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered disorders.--The term ``covered disorders'' 
        means uterine, ovarian, and related hormonal and menstrual 
        disorders, such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and 
        polycystic ovary syndrome.
            (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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