,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bi1 #bjbf,ms4  
,scholten introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
direct the ,director of the ,national   
,institutes of ,health and the          
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to evaluate hormone           
variability and hormone testing1        
respectively1 in women with respect to  
perimenopause4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,hormone       
,health ,data and ,research ,act4  #b4  
,studies on hormone variability and     
hormone testing with respect to         
perimenopause  7a7 ,,nih study ,the     
,director of the ,national ,institutes  
of ,health shall evaluate any evidence  
published on or prior to the date of    
enactment of this ,act that relates to--
  7#a7 the variability of hormone levels
 in a woman before such woman           
experiences symptoms of perimenopause2  

and  7#b7 any baseline pattern in such  
variability4  7b7 ,u4,s4 ,preventive    
,services ,task ,force study ,the       
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 acting through the ,united   
,states ,preventive ,services ,task     
,force1 shall review any evidence       
published on or prior to the date of    
enactment of this ,act related to the   
clinical utility of hormone testing1    
including whether baseline information  
obtained on the hormone levels of a     
woman before such woman experiences     
symptoms of perimenopause meaningfully  
informs the diagnosis or management of  
perimenopause for such woman4  7c7      
,report ,not later than #ah months after
 enactment of this ,act1 ,,nih and      
,,uspstf shall submit a report to the   
,committees on ,appropriations of the   
,house of ,representatives and ,senate1 
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
of the ,house of ,representatives1 and  
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions of the ,senate    

summarizing findings1 identifying       
evidence gaps1 and providing            
recommendations for future research or  
clinical guidance4