The State of Men's Health Act (H.R. 7602) was introduced by Louisiana Democrat Troy Carter and North Carolina Republican Greg Murphy — a physician — on February 20, 2026.
The bill would order a comprehensive GAO assessment of men's health outcomes within one year and establish an Office of Men's Health within HHS within 18 months, using existing appropriations. Critically, it states that funding cannot come from reallocating women's health resources.
The numbers driving the bill: men account for nearly 80% of all suicides in the U.S. Men die an average of 6 years earlier than women. Men are more likely to die from 9 of the 10 leading causes of death. There has been an Office of Women's Health since 1991 — there has never been one for men.
STAT News reports this bill arrives at a cultural inflection point: podcasters and influencers reach millions with men's health content, testosterone therapy is booming, and the American Nurses Association recently established men's health as a specialty.
The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Australia, the U.K., and Ireland have already passed men's health initiatives. Canada is working on one.
Adrian Dobs, endocrinologist at Johns Hopkins: "It's never really been looked at systematically enough" — why men die earlier and get sick more.