A bill to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to provide coverage for domestic violence screening and treatment, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to improve the response of health care systems to domestic violence, and train health care providers and federally qualified health centers regarding screening, identification, and treatment for families experiencing domestic violence.
Requires that National Health Service health care professionals receive training in screening and treating victims of domestic violence.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants for up to four years to State and local governmental and nonprofit entities currently working in the field of domestic violence. Requires that such funds be used to develop strategies to improve the response of the health care system to domestic violence and promote education and awareness through professional training, policies and procedures, on-site access to services, education materials, and evaluation of practice.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3304-3305)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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