Purpose

It is the purpose of this Act to provide women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer screening (including clinical breast exams and breast, cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal, and vulvar cancer screening), as well as access to appropriate care and early detection (including via diagnostic testing and treatment and provider education and awareness of best clinical practices), provided by leading women’s health care providers who— (1) serve populations most at risk of lacking access to preventive care; and (2) play an outsized role in the prevention and detection of cancer in order to serve the goal of increasing access to quality health screenings, care, and services, reducing health care disparities and mortality rates among low-income women and women of color, decreasing health care spending, and expanding health literacy, access, and education about the benefits of regular preventive cancer screening for women.