Federal money funds cancer screening for low-income women and women of color.
S. 5546 — Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2026 · Filed by Patty Murray (D-WA) · 15 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives $20 million per year from 2027 to 2029. Health centers and groups that do family planning get the money. It pays for cancer screening tests for breast, neck of womb, egg, and other female cancer types. It trains doctors and nurses on cancer screening. It also trains them to treat all patients fairly. The bill tests a new way to screen for neck of womb cancer.
Who it affects
Low-income women and women of color get more cancer screening. Health centers and family planning groups get money to offer these tests. Doctors and nurses get training on cancer screening and fair treatment.
One thing to notice
The bill requires a study of how racism affects cancer screening access. The study looks at what happens to people by race. The neck of womb cancer screening test runs for two years. Then the government decides whether to use it in more places.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
15 cosponsors: 15 Democrats.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- cancer screening — A test to find cancer before a person feels sick.
- female cancer types — Cancers of the female body, including breast and neck of womb cancer.
- family planning — Health services that help people with birth control and reproductive health.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (13,955 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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