Sec. 545. Agreements with civilian victim service agencies
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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating (with respect to the Coast Guard), shall issue guidance pursuant to which installation commanders may enter into memoranda of understanding with qualified victim service agencies for purposes of providing services to victims of sexual assault in accordance with subsection (b). A memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection
(a)shall provide that personnel of the sexual assault prevention and response program at a military installation may refer a victim of sexual assault to a qualified civilian victim service agency if such personnel determine that such a referral would benefit the victim. In this section, the term victim service agency means an agency which may provide legal services, counseling, or safe housing.