42 U.S.C. § 280m — Young women’s breast health awareness and support of young women diagnosed with breast cancer

(a) Public education campaign. (1) In general — The Secretary, through the CDC Director, must run a national, evidence-based education campaign to boost young women's knowledge about (A) breast health for young women of every racial, ethnic, and cultural background; (B) breast awareness and healthy breast habits; (C) how common breast cancer is and the specific risk factors for women who may be at high risk because of family, racial, ethnic, or cultural background, such as Ashkenazi Jewish women; (D) evidence-based information to help young women and their doctors catch breast cancer early; and (E) where young women diagnosed with breast cancer can find health information and other resources. (2) Evidence-based, age appropriate messages — The campaign must use evidence-based messages and materials fit for young women's age, made by the CDC and the advisory committee described below. (3) Media campaign — The Secretary must give grants to groups to run national multimedia campaigns aimed at young women, which may use TV, radio, print, billboards, posters, social media, other internet media, or any other medium the Secretary picks. (4) Advisory committee — (A) Establishment: within 60 days of March 23, 2010, the Secretary, through the CDC Director, must set up an advisory committee to help build and run the education campaigns in this subsection and in subsection (b)(1). (B) Membership: the Secretary must appoint members needed to properly advise on breast cancer, disease prevention, early detection, diagnosis, public health, social marketing, genetic screening and counseling, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative care, and survivorship in young women. (b) Health care professional education campaign. The Secretary, through the CDC Director and with the head of the Health Resources and Services Administration, must run an education campaign for doctors and other health professionals to raise awareness of: (1) breast health, symptoms, and early diagnosis and treatment in young women, including risk factors like family cancer history and groups such as Ashkenazi Jewish women; (2) how to counsel young women about their breast health, including their family cancer history and the importance of regular clinical breast exams; (3) the importance of talking about healthy behaviors and connecting patients to services for quitting tobacco, eating well, and staying active; (4) when to refer patients to a genetics expert; (5) how to counsel young breast cancer survivors about long-term health concerns; and (6) when to refer patients to organizations that give credible information and real support to young women diagnosed with breast cancer. (c) Prevention research activities. The Secretary, acting (1) through the CDC Director, must research breast cancer prevention in younger women, including (A) studying how a breast cancer diagnosis affects young women and their survivorship; (B) research to help create educational messages for the public and at-risk groups about breast health and healthy living; (C) testing and evaluating social marketing strategies for young women; and (D) surveying health care providers and the public on what they know and do about breast health in high-risk groups; and (2) through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, must research new screening tests and methods to detect and prevent breast cancer early in young women. (d) Support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer. (1) In general — The Secretary must give grants to organizations to provide credible health information and real help to young women diagnosed with breast cancer or pre-cancerous breast disease. (2) Priority — When picking grantees, the Secretary must favor applicants that focus specifically on young women with breast cancer or pre-cancerous breast disease. (e) No duplication of effort. When running any education campaign or program under subsections (a) through (d), the Secretary must avoid repeating other existing federal breast cancer education efforts. (f) Measurement; reporting. The Secretary, through the CDC Director, must (1) measure (A) young women's awareness of breast health, including their knowledge of family cancer history, risk factors, and early warning signs, and how proactive they are about early detection; (B) how many young women use information about healthy lifestyle changes; (C) how many young women get regular clinical breast exams; and (D) how many young women do breast self-exams, and how often, before this section takes effect; (2) measure the campaign's impact at least every 3 years; and (3) send reports to Congress on these measurements. (g) Definition. In this section, "young women" means women 15 to 44 years old. (h) Authorization of appropriations. To carry out subsections (a), (b), (c)(1), and (d), Congress authorized $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.