Sec. 501. Grants to strengthen the healthcare systems response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking

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Section 399P of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–4 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the development or enhancement and implementation of training programs to improve the capacity of early childhood programs to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking among families they serve. ; in subsection (b)(1)— in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting , including labor and sex trafficking after other forms of violence and abuse ; in subparagraph (B)(ii)— by striking on-site access to ; and by striking patients by increasing and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting the following: patients by— increasing the capacity of existing health care professionals, including specialists in trauma and in behavioral health care, and public health staff to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and children exposed to violence; contracting with or hiring advocates for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault to provide such services; or providing funding to State domestic and sexual violence coalitions to improve the capacity of such coalitions to coordinate and support health advocates and other health system partnerships; ; in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (B)(iv) by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: , with priority given to programs administered through the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Women’s Health; and ; and in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following: the development, implementation, dissemination, and evaluation of best practices, tools, and training materials for behavioral health professionals to identify and respond to domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and dating violence. ; in subsection (b)(2)(A)— in the heading, by striking and inserting the following:

Child and elder abuse ; and Child abuse and abuse in later life by striking child or elder abuse and inserting the following: child abuse or abuse in later life ; in subsection (b)(2)(C)(i), by striking elder abuse and inserting abuse in later life ; in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iii), by striking or at the end; in subsection (b)(2)(C)(iv)— by inserting mental health, after dental, ; and by striking exams. and inserting exams and certifications; ; in subsection (b)(2)(C), by inserting after clause

(iv)the following: development of a State-level pilot program to— improve the response of substance use disorder treatment programs and systems to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and improve the capacity of substance use disorder treatment programs and systems to serve survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking dealing with substance use disorder; or development and utilization of existing technical assistance and training resources to improve the capacity of substance use disorder treatment programs to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking among patients the programs serve. ; in subsection (d)(2)(A)— by inserting or behavioral health after of health ; by inserting behavioral after physical or ; and by striking mental before health care ; in subsection (d)(2)(B)— by striking or health system and inserting behavioral health treatment system ; and by striking mental and inserting behavioral ; in subsection

(f)in the heading, by striking and inserting Research and evaluation ; Research, evaluation, and data collection in subsection (f)(1), by striking research and evaluation and inserting research, evaluation, or data collection ; in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting after health care the following: or behavioral health ; in subsection (f)(2)— in the heading, by inserting after the following: Research ; and data collection in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting or data collection before authorized in paragraph

(1); in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by inserting after subparagraph

(D)the following: research on the intersection of substance use disorder and domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including the effect of coerced use and efforts by an abusive partner or other to interfere with substance use disorder treatment and recovery; and improvement of data collection using existing Federal surveys by including questions about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and substance use disorder, coerced use, and mental or behavioral health. ; in subsection (g), by striking 2014 through 2018 and inserting 2020 through 2024 ; and in subsection (h), by striking herein and provided for .

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Grants to strengthen the healthcare systems response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking

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