[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 840. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VII, ass the following:

     SEC. 726. REQUIREMENT FOR POSSESSION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE 
                   EXAMINER-ADULT/ADOLESCENT CERTIFICATION BY 
                   CERTAIN REGISTERED NURSES.

       (a) Requirement.--In accordance with the deadlines 
     specified in subsection (b), the registered nurses operating 
     in facilities specified in subsection (c) shall possess a 
     Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner-Adult/Adolescent (SANE-A) 
     certification or equivalent certification.
       (b) Deadlines.--The deadlines specified in this sub section 
     are as follows:
       (1) By not later than January 1, 2019, 50 per cent of the 
     aggregate number of registered nurses operating in facilities 
     specified in subsection (c) shall possess a certification as 
     described in subsection (a).
       (2) By not later than January 1, 2021, all registered 
     nurses operating in such facilities shall possess such a 
     certification.
       (c) Facilities.--The facilities specified in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) The emergency rooms and trauma centers within the 
     military healthcare system.
       (2) The medical facility of each naval vessel that 
     possesses a medical facility.
       (3) Each facility that provides Role 3 or Role 4 care, as 
     described in the Roles of Medical Care
       (d) EQUIVALENT CERTIFICATION.--
       (1) In general.--Any equivalent certification requirement 
     established for purposes of subsection (a) shall be 
     established by the Secretary of Defense and shall apply 
     uniformly across the Armed Forces.
       (2) Elements.--The equivalent certification requirement 
     shall--
       (A) require a minimum of 40 hours of appropriate training 
     for certification;
       (B) require appropriate continuing education for retaining 
     certification;
       (C) comply with applicable standards of the International 
     Association of Forensic Nurses; and
       (D) meet the standards of Department of Defense Instruction 
     6495.02, and any update or successor to such instruction.
       (e) Cost of Training.--The cost of any training required 
     for an individual to obtain a certification described in 
     subsection (a) for purposes of compliance with the 
     requirement in that subsection shall be borne by the 
     Department of Defense.
       (f) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report setting forth the plan of the 
     Secretary to implement the requirements of this section.
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