Sec. 363. Department of Veterans Affairs screening mechanism to detect incidents of domestic abuse
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Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop and implement a screening mechanism to be used when a veteran seeks healthcare services from the Department of Veterans Affairs to detect if the veteran has been a victim of domestic abuse for purposes of improving the treatment of the veteran and assessing the prevalence of domestic abuse in the veteran population. In developing and implementing a screening mechanism under subsection (a), the Secretary may incorporate into the screening mechanism such readily available screening tools as the Secretary considers appropriate for the screening mechanism.
In this section, the term domestic abuse means behavior with respect to an individual that— constitutes— a pattern of behavior resulting in physical or emotional abuse, economic control, or interference with the personal liberty of that individual; a violation of Federal or State law involving the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force or violence against that individual; or a violation of a lawful order issued for the protection of that individual; and is committed by a person who— is a current or former spouse or domestic partner of that individual; shares a child in common with that individual; is a current or former intimate partner of that individual that shares or has shared a common domicile with that individual; is a caregiver or family caregiver of that individual (as such terms are defined in section 1720G(d) of title 38, United States Code); or is in any other type of relationship with that individual that the Secretary may specify for purposes of this section.