H.R. 1260House117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2021

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The Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2021 adds a new grant program to the Public Health Service Act. It directs the HHS Secretary to award three‑year grants of $250,000 to $500,000 to eligible trauma centers or nonprofit partners that run violence‑intervention or prevention programs (excluding intimate‑partner violence). The program aims to lower repeat injuries and re‑incarceration in communities experiencing high rates of intentional violent trauma.

Key Provisions

Grants of $250,000‑$500,000 for three years to eligible entities
Eligible entities are state‑designated or ACS‑verified trauma centers, or nonprofits working with such centers, serving areas with at least 100 intentional violent trauma incidents per year
First grant must be awarded within nine months of enactment; total funding authorized is $10 million for FY2022‑2025
Grants supplement, not replace, existing funding for the same programs
Selection must ensure geographic diversity and prioritize high‑incident or high‑rate communities, especially in health professional shortage areas
Recipients must submit progress reports and may combine reports with other grantees; HHS must report to Congress within six years with findings, best practices, and legislative recommendations
HHS must develop and publish best‑practice guidelines for intentional violent trauma prevention on its website

Legislative Activity

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

May 13, 2021

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Introduced in House

February 23, 2021

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce Committee

February 23, 2021

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health Subcommittee

February 24, 2021

HouseFloor

Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

May 11, 2021 • 3:08 PM

HouseFloor

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2168-2169; text: CR H2168-2169)

May 11, 2021 • 3:08 PM

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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1260.

May 11, 2021 • 3:09 PM

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At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

May 11, 2021 • 3:13 PM

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Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 380, proceedings on H.R. 1260 are considered vacated.

May 12, 2021 • 5:39 PM

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Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981.(consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2238-2239)

May 12, 2021 • 5:39 PM

HouseFloor

Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 380, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 297; H.R. 433; H.R. 478; H.R. 586; H.R. 721, as amended; H.R. 768; H.R. 810; H.R. 1205; H.R. 1260, as amended; H.R. 1324; H.R. 1448, as amended; H.R. 1475, as amended; H.R. 1480, as amended; H.R. 2862, as amended; H.R. 2955; and H.R. 2981. (consideration: CR H2235-2246; text: CR H2238-2239)

May 12, 2021 • 5:39 PM

SenateIntro Referral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

May 13, 2021

Floor Debate

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What members said about H.R. 1260 on the floor

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Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.D-NJ-6 · May 11, 2021

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1260) to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program supporting trauma center violence intervention and…

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1260) to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program supporting trauma center violence intervention and violence prevention programs, and for other purposes, as amended.

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 1260.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Trauma is a pressing public health epidemic. In 2016 alone, trauma accounted for more than 29 million emergency department visits and 39 million physician office visits in the United States.

Tragically, homicide is the leading cause of death for Black males between the ages of 1 and 24 and the second leading cause of death in Hispanic males in the same age group. Regardless of race, of the people who survive a single violent trauma, it is estimated that up to 45 percent will experience a second violent trauma.

This is where H.R. 1260 steps in to provide critical data-driven interventions. The Bipartisan Solution of Cyclical Violence Act directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program for specified trauma centers and nonprofits to establish or expand intervention or prevention programs related to intentional violent trauma.

These programs, Madam Speaker, help identify patients at risk of repeat violent injury and connects them with hospital and community- based resources. The bill bridges tragedy with hospital-based violence intervention programs by providing intensive case management to people who have experienced at least one violent trauma. These programs have been shown to successfully reduce injury recidivism and help those at risk for violence live safer lives.

I commend my colleagues, Representatives Ruppersberger and Kinzinger, for spearheading this initiative.

Again, I urge my colleagues to support this important bipartisan bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I also urge my colleagues to support this bill. Again, this one, dealing with intervention for violent traumas, is part of this package today.

Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Rep. Brett GuthrieR-KY-2 · May 11, 2021

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1260, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2021 introduced by Representative…

Rep. Steny H. HoyerD-MD-5 · May 12, 2021

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to section 6 of House Resolution 380, I move to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 297, H.R. 433, H.R. 478,

Rep. Chip RoyR-TX-21 · May 11, 2021

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Rep. Alexander X. MooneyR-WV-2 · May 12, 2021

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

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Referred in SenateIssued May 13, 2021

IIB

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1260

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 13, 2021

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

AN ACT

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program supporting trauma center violence intervention and violence prevention programs, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2021.

Grant program supporting trauma center violence intervention and violence prevention programs

Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

399V–7.

Grant program supporting trauma center violence intervention and violence prevention programs

(a)

Authority established

(1)

In general

The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to establish or expand violence intervention or prevention programs for services and research designed to reduce the incidence of reinjury and reincarceration caused by intentional violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence.

(2)

First award

Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall make the first award under paragraph (1).

(3)

Grant duration

Each grant awarded under paragraph (1) shall be for a period of 3 years.

(4)

Grant amount

The total amount of each grant awarded under paragraph (1) for the 3-year grant period shall be not less than $250,000 and not more than $500,000.

(5)

Supplement not supplant

A grant awarded under paragraph (1) to an eligible entity with an existing program described in paragraph (1) shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any other funds provided to such entity for such program.

(b)

Eligible entities

To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a)(1), an entity shall—

(1)

either be—

(A)

a State-designated trauma center, or a trauma center verified by the American College of Surgeons, that conducts or seeks to conduct a violence intervention or violence prevention program; or

(B)

a nonprofit entity that conducts or seeks to conduct a program described in subparagraph (A) in cooperation with a trauma center described in such subparagraph;

(2)

serve a community in which at least 100 incidents of intentional violent trauma occur annually; and

(3)

submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

(c)

Selection of grant recipients

(1)

Geographic diversity

In selecting grant recipients under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall ensure that collectively grantees represent a diversity of geographic areas.

(2)

Priority

In selecting grant recipients under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall prioritize applicants that serve one or more communities with high absolute numbers or high rates of intentional violent trauma.

(3)

Health professional shortage areas

(A)

Encouragement

The Secretary shall encourage entities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) that are located in or serve a health professional shortage area to apply for grants under subsection (a)(1).

(B)

Definition

In subparagraph (A), the term health professional shortage area means a health professional shortage area designated under section 332.

(d)

Reports

(1)

Reports to Secretary

(A)

In general

An entity that receives a grant under subsection (a)(1) shall submit reports on the use of the grant funds to the Secretary, including progress reports, as required by the Secretary. Such reports shall include—

(i)

any findings of the program established, or expanded, by the entity through the grant; and

(ii)

if applicable, the manner in which the entity has incorporated such findings in the violence intervention or violence prevention program conducted by such entity.

(B)

Option for joint report

To the extent feasible and appropriate, an entity that receives a grant under subsection (a)(1) may elect to coordinate with one or more other entities that have received such a grant to submit a joint report that meets the requirements of subparagraph (A).

(2)

Report to Congress

Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment of the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2021, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report—

(A)

on any findings resulting from reports submitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1);

(B)

on best practices developed by the Secretary under subsection (e); and

(C)

with recommendations for legislative action relating to intentional violent trauma prevention that the Secretary determines appropriate.

(e)

Best practices

Not later than 6 years after the date of enactment of the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2021, the Secretary shall—

(1)

develop, and post on a public website of the Department of Health and Human Services, best practices for intentional violent trauma prevention, based on any findings reported to the Secretary under subsection (d)(1); and

(2)

disseminate such best practices to stakeholders, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.

(f)

Authorization of appropriations

To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2025.

Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2021.

Cheryl L. Johnson,

Clerk.