SASCA
- Last Action
- 3/24/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-24Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-03-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-03-23Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-03-23Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-03-23Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-03-23Introduced in House
- 2021-03-23Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-23 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (6)
- John Katko (R-NY)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
Subjects
- 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
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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