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The bill directs federal funds to expand and sustain preventive cardiovascular screening and care coordination for low-income women — improving early detection and treatment — but requires new federal spending, may leave some eligible people out depending on eligibility rules, and adds administrative requirements for providers.
Low-income women will gain access to blood pressure and cholesterol screening plus referrals and, where practicable, follow-up, improving early detection and linkage to treatment for cardiovascular risk.
Provides stable federal funding ($250 million over FY2027–2031) to sustain and expand local preventive screening programs that serve underserved populations.
Requires program evaluation and monitoring, which can improve program effectiveness and help ensure federal funds are used efficiently.
Expanding federally funded services increases federal spending, which could pressure other budget priorities or require offsets paid for by taxpayers.
Some low-income women may still be excluded if they do not meet Secretary-specified eligibility criteria, leaving gaps in coverage for the intended population.
Grant recipients must perform evaluation and monitoring, which could create administrative burden and divert staff/time from providing direct services.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Reauthorizes and restates the WISEWOMAN supplemental grants program to fund preventive heart-health services for low-income women. It allows the HHS Secretary (through the CDC Director) to award supplemental grants to entities that receive breast and cervical cancer screening grants or their designees to provide blood pressure and cholesterol screening, health education, referrals and follow-up for treatment, and evaluation/monitoring. The act defines eligible women as those already served under the breast and cervical cancer screening grants and other low-income women meeting Secretary-specified criteria, and it authorizes $250,000,000 in appropriations covering fiscal years 2027–2031 to carry out the program. The short title provision takes effect upon enactment.
Introduced February 9, 2026 by Joyce Beatty · Last progress February 9, 2026