Menopause Training for Medical Students

Full Title:
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require public institutions of higher education that receive grants under the Medical Student Education program to include training for medical students relating to menopause in the curriculums of such institutions, and for other purposes.

Summary#

H.R. 9273 would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the HRSA Administrator, to make menopause training a condition for grants to public institutions under the Medical Student Education program. The bill says the training should be included in the medical student curriculum to better prepare physicians across specialties.

What it means for you#

  • If you attend, teach at, or run a public medical school that receives Medical Student Education grants, your institution would need to include menopause training in its curriculum.
  • If your school does not receive such grants, this bill would not automatically apply.
  • The bill targets medical education content; it does not itself describe clinical care changes.

Expenses#

No publicly available information.

Proponents' View#

The bill text states the requirement is "for the purpose of better preparing physicians across specialties." Sponsors introduced the measure to add menopause training into medical student curricula at grant-funded public institutions.

Opponents' View#

No publicly available information.