Sec. 4. Directive
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Section 304 of the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 ( 34 U.S.C. 40723 ) is amended— by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (e); and by inserting after subsection (b), as added by section 3, the following: Not later than the beginning of fiscal year 2022, the Attorney General shall coordinate with the Secretary to inform health care facilities, including Federally qualified health centers and hospitals, colleges and universities, and other appropriate health-related entities about— the availability of grant funding under this section; and the role of sexual assault nurse examiners, both adult and pediatric, and available resources of the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to train or employ sexual assault nurse examiners to address the needs of communities dealing with sexual assault, domestic violence, sex trafficking, elder abuse, strangulation, and, in particular, the need for pediatric SANEs, including such nurse examiners working in the multidisciplinary setting, in responding to abuse of both children and adolescents. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall collaborate with nongovernmental organizations representing SANEs. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Supporting Access to Nurse Exams Act , the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish, and update annually, a public website on the access to forensic nurse examiners. The website required under paragraph
(1)shall with specificity describe, by State— funding opportunities for SANE training and continuing education; and the availability of sexual assault advocates at locations providing sexual assault forensic exams. Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Supporting Access to Nurse Exams Act , the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on— the availability of, and patient access to, trained SANEs and other providers who perform MFEs or sexual assault forensic examinations; the health care facilities, including hospitals or clinics, that offer SANEs and sexual assault forensic examinations and whether each health care facility, including a hospital or clinic, has full-time, part-time, or on-call coverage; regional, provider, or other barriers to access for SANE care and services, including MFEs and sexual assault forensic examinations; State requirements, minimum standards, and protocols for training SANEs, including trauma-informed and culturally competent training standards; State requirements, minimum standards, and protocols for training emergency services personnel involved in MFEs and sexual assault forensic examinations; the availability of sexual assault nurse examiner training, frequency of when training is convened, the providers of such training, the State’s role in such training, and what process or procedures are in place for continuing education of such examiners; the dedicated Federal and State funding to support SANE training; funding opportunities for SANE training and continuing education; the availability of sexual assault advocates at locations providing MFEs and sexual assault forensic exams; and the total annual cost of conducting sexual assault forensic exams described in section 2010(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10449(b) ). .
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