3.0.0 926 2023-01-11T13:47:35Z 2023-01-11T13:47:35Z Senate S 2021-03-23 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-23T20:34:35Z SASCA 117 2145 HR 2021-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-03-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2021-03-23 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-03-23 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2021-03-23 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-03-23 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-03-23 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2021-03-23 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-03-23 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-03-23 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2021-03-23 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-03-23 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-03-23 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-03-23 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-03-23 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-03-23 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2021-03-23 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-03-23 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-04-22 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2021-04-28 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-05-12 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-05-12 False O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2021-10-27 False Health Assault and harassment offenses Crime prevention Crime victims Crimes against women 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 information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Higher education Indian social and development programs Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Minority health Nursing Rural conditions and development Sex offenses Health 00 2021-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-26T14:00:19Z Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act or SASCA

This bill sets out programs and requirements to address access and quality issues related to sexual-assault examinations.

Specifically, the bill establishes

  • training and technical assistance programs for health care providers on conducting sexual-assault examinations and treating survivors of sexual assault, including in rural and tribal settings;
  • grants for states to assess the availability of trained providers to perform sexual-assault examinations; and
  • a task force to assist state-level efforts to improve medical forensic evidence collection related to sexual assault.

The bill also requires institutions of higher education to provide information about the availability of sexual-assault examinations to survivors of sexual assault. Additionally, hospitals and specified components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must report on access and quality issues concerning sexual-assault examinations and related services.

Furthermore, HHS must address access to, and the quality of, trained health care providers who conduct sexual-assault examinations in the National Quality Strategy. This is a national effort to align public-sector and private-sector stakeholders to achieve better health and health care.

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