Sec. 501. Grants to strengthen the health care 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)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting , including labor and sex trafficking after other forms of violence and abuse ; in subparagraph (B)— in clause (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 professionals who specialize in trauma and in behavioral and mental health care (including substance abuse disorder), 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 clause (iii), by striking and at the end; in clause
(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 by adding at the end the following: the development, implementation, dissemination, and evaluation of best practices, tools, and training materials for behavioral and mental health professionals to identify and respond to domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and dating violence. ; and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— in the heading, by striking and inserting the following: Child and elder abuse ; and Child abuse, abuse in later life, and elder abuse by striking child or elder abuse and inserting the following: child abuse, abuse in later life, or elder abuse ; in subparagraph (C)— in clause (i), by striking and stalking and elder abuse and inserting stalking, abuse in later life, and elder abuse ; in clause (iii), by striking or at the end; in clause (iv)— by inserting mental health, after dental, ; and by striking exams. and inserting exams and certifications; ; and 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; 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; and improve the capacity of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking programs to serve survivors with substance abuse 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)— in subparagraph (A)— by inserting or behavioral health after of health ; by inserting behavioral after physical or ; and by inserting , including substance use disorder treatment, after health care ; in subparagraph (B)— by striking or health system and inserting behavioral health treatment system ; and by striking including physical or mental health care and inserting including physical, mental, or behavioral health care ; in subsection (f)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Research and evaluation ; Research, evaluation, and data collection in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking research and evaluation and inserting research, evaluation, or data collection ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting after health care the following: or mental or behavioral health (including substance use disorder treatment) ; in paragraph (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 (including substance use disorder). ; in subsection (g), by striking 2014 through 2018 and inserting 2021 through 2025 ; and in subsection (h), by striking herein and provided for .
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Sec. 501
Grants to strengthen the health care systems response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
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