Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Know Your Body Act”.
Know Your Body Act
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health, to create educational materials with respect to covered disorders for elementary and secondary school students, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Educational materials
In general— Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and at least every five years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health, shall—
create or update evidence-based, medically accurate educational materials with respect to covered disorders, including—
the timing, signs, and symptoms of each covered disorder;
the impacts of covered disorders on the physical, emotional, social, and academic life of an individual;
statistics on covered disorders;
evidence-based, medically accurate best practices on how an individual with a covered disorder can be a health care advocate for such individual; and
evidence-based, medically accurate treatment options for covered disorders, including evidence-based, medically accurate recommendations for follow-up care from a health care provider;
in consultation with the Secretary of Education, make such materials—
widely accessible and publicly available to students of elementary schools and secondary schools; and
informative and understandable to such students; and
provide guidance to elementary schools and secondary schools on how the materials may be used, including—
integrating the materials into a curriculum; and
distributing the materials to students.
Definitions— In this section:
Covered disorders— The term covered disorders means uterine, ovarian, and related hormonal and menstrual disorders, such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and polycystic ovary syndrome.
ESEA terms— The terms elementary school and secondary school have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).