State of Men’s Health Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7602 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7602 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the state of men's health in the United States and to establish an Office of Men's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 20, 2026 Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the state of men's health in the United States and to establish an Office of Men's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``State of Men's Health Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Risks to the health and well-being of the Nation's men (and their families) are on the rise due to a lack of education on, awareness of, and pursuit of preventive screening and care. These risks include-- (A) men are more at risk for premature death from 9 out of the top 10 causes of death; (B) after a steady decline from 1979 to 2016, the lifespan gender gap has expanded since 2016 from 4.4 years to a crisis level of 5.9 years with the current average age of death for men being 73.2 years versus 79.1 years for women; and (C) in the United States, men die at an overall rate 1.4 times higher than women on an age-adjusted basis. (2) While this health crisis is of particular concern to men, it is also a concern for women who prematurely lose their fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers. (3) Men's health