# 119-hr-9842: State Offices of Women’s Health Support and Expansion Act

119-hr-9842, State Offices of Women’s Health Support and Expansion Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9842
- Congress: 119
- Title: State Offices of Women’s Health Support and Expansion Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**Establish State offices of women’s health**. This bill would create a federal grant program to help States set up and run offices focused on prevention, maternal and reproductive health, chronic disease, and reducing disparities. - Families and women: State offices would fund public education on preventive care, early detection, chronic disease management, reproductive and maternal health, and help tackle social determinants like housing instability, transportation, and food insecurity. - States and health agencies: Each eligible State could receive grants to establish or maintain an office; funding is split 50% equally among States and 50% by a formula using female population, maternal mortality, female poverty, and rural population. - Providers, researchers, and communities: Offices must collect and share de-identified, aggregated data, act as a public clearinghouse for best practices, and convene annual stakeholder panels with providers, federally qualified health centers, Title X centers, researchers, Medicaid officials, and community groups. - Reproductive health and privacy protections: Grant funds cannot be used to discourage or misrepresent reproductive health services, and collected data are barred from civil or criminal use and must be de-identified. *If enacted and funded, the bill authorizes $55.0 million per year for FY2027–2031 to support these grants, increasing federal outlays by that amount when appropriated.*

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger privacy for women's health data: benefit, high. This bill would ban State women's health office data from being used with outside websites or apps that store data on external servers. It would bar using that data in any civil or criminal case, investigation, or proceeding. The bill would also prohibit disclosing, selling, or sharing the data in…
- Grants to create state women's health offices: benefit, medium. This bill would fund grants so each eligible State could set up or maintain a State office of women’s health. It would authorize $55 million per year for FY2027 through FY2031. Each year half the money would be split equally among eligible States and half would be given by a needs formula using wom…
- State use of Medicaid health data: benefit, medium. If enacted, State health offices could make secure agreements with State Medicaid agencies to share high-level, de-identified, aggregated Medicaid data. The data must meet HIPAA de-identification rules in 45 C.F.R. 164.514 and be aggregated to prevent re-identification. States would use this data o…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9842 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9842)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5361)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9842 (as of 2026-09-30).