YourVoice.Now Summary
Your MoneyTransparency & AccountabilityStates could get federal grants to catch uterine fibroids earlier — but the grants are optional and the bill adds no money.
Your Money
A state with a grant could pay for screening and detailed scans of the uterus. The bill provides no money of its own, so this depends on the Secretary choosing to fund states.
Grant money could pay for patient navigators. These are staff who help people find a doctor, book visits, and get to the appointment.
Transparency & Accountability
Health and Human Services would have to tell Congress what the grants paid for and what the research found. The same reports would go on the department's website, where anyone could read them.
More about this bill
If you have uterine fibroids, your state could one day help pay for the scans that find them. Fibroids are growths in the wall of the uterus. But none of that is guaranteed. The bill lets the Secretary of Health and Human Services give grants to states, but does not require it. It names no dollar amount and adds no money of its own. Any grants would come out of funds Congress already provides. Only states could get these grants, not clinics, hospitals, or patient groups. A state could spend the money on screening and detailed imaging. It could also pay for those procedures, for staff who help people find care, or for public awareness campaigns. A second kind of grant would pay for state research. That covers pain care during fibroid surgery, plus other uterine conditions the Secretary picks. Two duties are firm. The Secretary would have to study how to catch fibroids earlier. That work would then become strategies for the places where people get care. And every two years, the department would have to report the results to Congress and post them online. The bill sets no end date.
Congressional Summary
Uterine Fibroid Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment Act of 2025 This bill authorizes grants to support early detection of and intervention for uterine fibroids. Uterine fibroids are tumors in the wall of the uterus that are usually benign but can cause painful and heavy menstrual bleeding and other symptoms. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to (1) conduct or support research on increasing early detection of and medical intervention for uterine fibroids, and (2) formulate strategies to increase early detection based on such research. Also, the bill authorizes HHS to provide grants to states to increase early detection of and intervention for uterine fibroids (e.g., screenings) and to carry out public awareness campaigns. Additionally, the bill authorizes HHS to provide grants to states for research relating to (1) disparities in pain management in uterine fibroid surgical treatment; or (2) uterine health conditions, as determined appropriate by HHS. HHS must report to Congress every two years on the activities funded by grants under the bill, including findings from the research conducted by states.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-07-30
- Date Added
- 2026-09-16
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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