S.Amdt. 2764
What it does: Adds SEC. 365. AGREEMENTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA on page 131, line 19
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)What it changes
1 change to S. 1982
Adds SEC. 365. AGREEMENTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA on page 131, line 19
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 365. AGREEMENTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA.
Inserted: (a) Memoranda of Understanding.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into a memorandum of understanding with an organization described in subsection (b) to provide services to veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma.
Inserted: (b) Covered Organizations.--Organizations described in this subsection are civilian organizations, including the following:
Inserted: (1) Nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations.
Inserted: (2) Religious or community-based organizations.
Inserted: (3) Federally qualified health centers.
Inserted: (4) The Indian Health Service.
Inserted: (c) Purpose.--The purpose of a memoranda of understanding entered into under subsection (a) shall be to facilitate working and collegial relationships between the senior leadership of the Department of Veterans Affairs and an organization described in subsection (b) in order to assist the Department in better addressing military sexual trauma in one or more veteran communities.
Inserted: (d) Annual Reports.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on any memoranda of understanding entered into under subsection (a).
Inserted: (2) In general.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) How many memoranda have been entered into and are currently in force.
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Inserted: (B) The strategies in such memoranda.
Inserted: (C) The outcomes of the relationships sought through such memoranda.
Inserted: (D) Such recommendations as the Secretary may have for legislative or administrative action to facilitate a relationship described in subsection (c) or otherwise better address military sexual trauma in a veteran community.
Inserted: SEC. 366. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF SUPPORTING PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA.
Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility and advisability of supporting partnerships between local medical facilities (as defined in section 8101 of title 38, United States Code) with organizations described in subsection (b) to provide services (including mental health services and trauma-informed services) to veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma.
Inserted: (b) Covered Organizations.--Organizations described in this subsection are civilian organizations, including the following:
Inserted: (1) Nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations.
Inserted: (2) Religious or community-based organizations.
Inserted: (3) Federally qualified health centers.
Inserted: (4) The Indian Health Service.
Inserted: (c) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) An assessment of the effect of the Patient-Center Community Care program of the Department of Veterans Affairs on the provision of specialty care for survivors of military sexual trauma.
Inserted: (2) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of supporting partnerships as described in subsection (a) in not fewer than three Veterans Integrated Service Networks.
Inserted: (3) Recommendations as to the kinds or types of organizations to which medical facilities should partner as described in subsection (a), including recommendations on the following:
Inserted: (A) Nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, the primary purpose of which is to provide services to survivors of military sexual trauma, sexual assault, domestic violence, family violence, or stalking.
Inserted: (B) Religious or community-based organizations that specialize in working with survivors described in subparagraph (A).
Original wording
On page 131, after line 19, add the following:
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SA 2764. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1982, to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 131, after line 19, add the following:
SEC. 365. AGREEMENTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA.
(a) Memoranda of Understanding.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into a memorandum of understanding with an organization described in subsection (b) to provide services to veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma.
(b) Covered Organizations.--Organizations described in this subsection are civilian organizations, including the following:
(1) Nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations.
(2) Religious or community-based organizations.
(3) Federally qualified health centers.
(4) The Indian Health Service.
(c) Purpose.--The purpose of a memoranda of understanding entered into under subsection (a) shall be to facilitate working and collegial relationships between the senior leadership of the Department of Veterans Affairs and an organization described in subsection (b) in order to assist the Department in better addressing military sexual trauma in one or more veteran communities.
(d) Annual Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on any memoranda of understanding entered into under subsection (a).
(2) In general.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) How many memoranda have been entered into and are currently in force.
(B) The strategies in such memoranda.
(C) The outcomes of the relationships sought through such memoranda.
(D) Such recommendations as the Secretary may have for legislative or administrative action to facilitate a relationship described in subsection (c) or otherwise better address military sexual trauma in a veteran community.
SEC. 366. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF SUPPORTING PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VETERANS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility and advisability of supporting partnerships between local medical facilities (as defined in section 8101 of title 38, United States Code) with organizations described in subsection (b) to provide services (including mental health services and trauma-informed services) to veterans who are survivors of military sexual trauma.
(b) Covered Organizations.--Organizations described in this subsection are civilian organizations, including the following:
(1) Nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations.
(2) Religious or community-based organizations.
(3) Federally qualified health centers.
(4) The Indian Health Service.
(c) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the effect of the Patient-Center Community Care program of the Department of Veterans Affairs on the provision of specialty care for survivors of military sexual trauma.
(2) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of supporting partnerships as described in subsection (a) in not fewer than three Veterans Integrated Service Networks.
(3) Recommendations as to the kinds or types of organizations to which medical facilities should partner as described in subsection (a), including recommendations on the following:
(A) Nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, the primary purpose of which is to provide services to survivors of military sexual trauma, sexual assault, domestic violence, family violence, or stalking.
(B) Religious or community-based organizations that specialize in working with survivors described in subparagraph (A).
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Senate amendment submitted
February 26, 2014