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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, an entity shall—
‘‘(A) be—
‘‘(i) a State department (or other divi-
sion) of health, a State domestic or sexual
assault coalition or service-based program,
State law enforcement task force, or any
other nonprofit, nongovernmental, tribal,
territorial, or State entity with a history of
effective work in the fields of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault or
stalking, and health care; or
‘‘(ii) a local, nonprofit domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or
stalking service-based program, a local de-
partment (or other division) of health, a
local health clinic, hospital, or health sys-
tem, or any other nonprofit, tribal, or local
entity with a history of effective work in the
field of domestic or sexual violence and
health;
‘‘(B) prepare and submit to the Secretary
an application at such time, in such manner,
and containing such agreements, assurances, and
information as the Secretary determines to be
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necessary to carry out the purposes for which the
grant is to be made; and
‘‘(C) demonstrate that the entity is rep-
resenting a team of organizations and agencies
working collaboratively to strengthen the re-
sponse of the health care system involved to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
or stalking and that such team includes domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalk-
ing and health care organizations.
‘‘(3) DURATION.—A program conducted under a
grant awarded under this section shall not exceed 2
years.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity shall use amounts
received under a grant under this section to design
and implement comprehensive strategies to improve
the response of the health care system involved to do-
mestic or sexual violence in clinical and public health
settings, hospitals, clinics, managed care settings (in-
cluding behavioral and mental health), and other
health settings.
‘‘(2) MANDATORY STRATEGIES.—Strategies im-
plemented under paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(A) The implementation, dissemination,
and evaluation of policies and procedures to
guide health care professionals and behavioral
and public health staff in responding to domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and
stalking, including strategies to ensure that
health information is maintained in a manner
that protects the patient’s privacy and safety
and prohibits insurance discrimination.
‘‘(B) The development of on-site access to
services to address the safety, medical, mental
health, and economic needs of patients either by
increasing the capacity of existing health care
professionals and behavioral and public health
staff to address domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking, by con-
tracting with or hiring domestic or sexual as-
sault advocates to provide the services, or to
model other services appropriate to the geo-
graphic and cultural needs of a site.
‘‘(C) The evaluation of practice and the in-
stitutionalization of identification, intervention,
and documentation including quality improve-
ment measurements.
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‘‘(D) The provision of training and fol-
lowup technical assistance to health care profes-
sionals, behavioral and public health staff, and
allied health professionals to identify, assess,
treat, and refer clients who are victims of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or
stalking.
‘‘(3) PERMISSIVE STRATEGIES.—Strategies im-
plemented under paragraph (1) may include the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) Where appropriate, the development of
training modules and policies that address the
overlap of child abuse, domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, and stalking and elder
abuse as well as childhood exposure to domestic
violence.
‘‘(B) The creation, adaptation, and imple-
mentation of public education campaigns for pa-
tients concerning domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking prevention.
‘‘(C) The development, adaptation, and dis-
semination of domestic violence, dating violence,
sexual assault, and stalking education materials
to patients and health care professionals and be-
havioral and public health staff.
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‘‘(D) The promotion of the inclusion of do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault,
and stalking into health professional training
schools, including medical, dental, nursing
school, social work, and mental health cur-
riculum.
‘‘(E) The integration of domestic violence,
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking into
health care accreditation and professional licens-
ing examinations, such as medical, dental, social
work, and nursing boards.
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated
under this section shall be distributed equally between State
and local programs.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to award grants under this
section, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through
2011.’’.
SEC. 505. RESEARCH ON EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS IN
THE HEALTHCARE SETTING.
Subtitle B of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1902 et seq.), as amended
by the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 1491
et seq.), and as amended by this Act, is further amended
by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘CHAPTER 11—RESEARCH ON EFFECTIVE
INTERVENTIONS 
TO 
ADDRESS 
VIO-
LENCE AGAINST WOMEN
‘‘SEC. 40297. RESEARCH ON EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS IN
THE HEALTH CARE SETTING.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The Secretary, acting through the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, shall award grants and contracts to fund research
on effective interventions in the health care setting that pre-
vent domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault
across the lifespan and that prevent the health effects of such
violence and improve the safety and health of individuals
who are currently being victimized.
‘‘(b) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Research conducted with
amounts received under a grant or contract under this sec-
tion shall include the following:
‘‘(1) With respect to the authority of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention—
‘‘(A) research on the effects of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and child-
hood exposure to domestic, dating, or sexual vio-
lence, on health behaviors, health conditions, and
the health status of individuals, families, and
populations;
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‘‘(B) research and testing of best messages
and strategies to mobilize public and health care
provider action concerning the prevention of do-
mestic, dating, or sexual violence; and
‘‘(C) measure the comparative effectiveness
and outcomes of efforts under this Act to reduce
violence and increase women’s safety.
‘‘(2) With respect to the authority of the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality—
‘‘(A) research on the impact on the health
care system, health care utilization, health care
costs, and health status of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, and childhood exposure to domestic
and dating violence, sexual violence and stalking
and childhood exposure; and
‘‘(B) research on effective interventions
within primary care and emergency health care
settings and with health care settings that in-
clude clinical partnerships within community
domestic violence providers for adults and chil-
dren exposed to domestic or dating violence.
‘‘(c) USE OF DATA.—Research funded under this sec-
tion shall be utilized by eligible entities under section 399O
of the Public Health Service Act.