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SASCA

Introduced: March 23, 2021 Introduced by: Jayapal, Pramila Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Mar 24, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 23, 2021
Referred 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.
Mar 23, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 24, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1