S.Amdt. 840

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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