3.0.0 2948 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z Senate S 2016-05-18 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-18T18:41:00Z 2016-05-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2016-05-18 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2016-05-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-05-18 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2016-05-18 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2016-05-18 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2016-05-18 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2016-05-18 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2016-05-18 True Health Advisory bodies Assault and harassment offenses Crime victims Crimes against women Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Education programs funding Emergency medical services and trauma care Evidence and witnesses Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Higher education Medicaid Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Sex offenses State and local government operations Health 00 2016-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-23T21:33:34Z Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act or SASCA

This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for state surveys concerning health care provider access for sexual assault forensic examination services.

HHS must establish a continuing and clinical education pilot program for medical examiners of survivors of sexual assault.

HHS must establish a SASCA Task Force to: (1) review data concerning those examiners; and (2) assist and standardize state-level efforts in improving medical forensic evidence collection relating to sexual assault.

Each institution of higher education that receives federal funds must publish its plan for ensuring access to sexual assault medical forensic examinations and treatments. Those institutions must also, to the extent practicable, ensure that students have access to such examinations.

The bill amends the Public Health Service Act by requiring HHS to establish: (1) a demonstration grant program for equipping new providers with the clinical training necessary to establish and maintain competency in sexual assault forensic examiner and sexual assault nurse examiner services; and (2) a center that provides technical assistance to states and health care providers for increasing the quality of, and access to, sexual assault examinations.

HHS must convene state and hospital regional learning collectives to assist health care providers and states in sharing best practices, discussing practices, and improving the quality of, and access to, sexual assault examinations.

]]> Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act Display Title Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to plan, develop, and make recommendations to increase access to sexual assault examinations for survivors by holding hospitals accountable and supporting the providers that serve them. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act Short Titles as Introduced SASCA Introduced in Senate 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2948is/xml/BILLS-114s2948is.xml 2016-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.