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dren, increasing the number of women properly screened,
identified, and treated for lifetime exposure to violence, and
expanding research on effective interventions in the health
care setting.
SEC. 503. TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFES-
SIONALS IN DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIO-
LENCE.
Part D of title VII of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 294 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘SEC. 758. INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING AND EDUCATION
ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER TYPES
OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary, acting through the Di-
rector of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
shall award grants under this section to develop inter-
disciplinary training and education programs that provide
undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate medical, nursing
(including advanced practice nursing students), and other
health professions students with an understanding of, and
clinical skills pertinent to, domestic violence, sexual assault,
stalking, and dating violence.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this section an entity shall—
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‘‘(1) be an accredited school of allopathic or os-
teopathic medicine;
‘‘(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an ap-
plication at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may re-
quire, including—
‘‘(A) information to demonstrate that the
applicant includes the meaningful participation
of a school of nursing and at least one other
school of health professions or graduate program
in public health, dentistry, social work, mid-
wifery, or behavioral and mental health;
‘‘(B) strategies for the dissemination and
sharing of curricula and other educational mate-
rials developed under the grant to other inter-
ested medical and nursing schools and national
resource repositories for materials on domestic
violence and sexual assault; and
‘‘(C) a plan for consulting with community-
based coalitions or individuals who have experi-
ence and expertise in issues related to domestic
violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and
stalking for services provided under the program
carried out under the grant.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
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‘‘(1) REQUIRED USES.—Amounts provided under
a grant under this section shall be used to—
‘‘(A) fund interdisciplinary training and
education projects that are designed to train
medical, nursing, and other health professions
students and residents to identify and provide
health care services (including mental or behav-
ioral health care services and referrals to appro-
priate community services) to individuals who
are or who have experienced domestic violence,
sexual assault, and stalking or dating violence;
and
‘‘(B) plan and develop culturally competent
clinical components for integration into ap-
proved residency training programs that address
health issues related to domestic violence, sexual
assault, dating violence, and stalking, along with
other forms of violence as appropriate, and in-
clude the primacy of victim safety and confiden-
tiality.
‘‘(2) PERMISSIVE
USES.—Amounts provided
under a grant under this section may be used to—
‘‘(A) offer community-based training oppor-
tunities in rural areas for medical, nursing, and
other students and residents on domestic vio-
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lence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating vio-
lence, and other forms of violence and abuse,
which may include the use of distance learning
networks and other available technologies needed
to reach isolated rural areas; or
‘‘(B) provide stipends to students who are
underrepresented in the health professions as nec-
essary to promote and enable their participation
in clerkships, preceptorships, or other offsite
training experiences that are designed to develop
health care clinical skills related to domestic vio-
lence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalk-
ing.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) 
CONFIDENTIALITY
AND
SAFETY.—
Grantees under this section shall ensure that all
educational programs developed with grant funds
address issues of confidentiality and patient safe-
ty, and that faculty and staff associated with de-
livering 
educational 
components 
are 
fully
trained in procedures that will protect the imme-
diate and ongoing security of the patients, pa-
tient records, and staff. Advocacy-based coali-
tions or other expertise available in the commu-
nity shall be consulted on the development and
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adequacy of confidentially and security proce-
dures, and shall be fairly compensated by grant-
ees for their services.
‘‘(B) RURAL
PROGRAMS.—Rural training
programs carried out under paragraph (2)(A)
shall reflect adjustments in protocols and proce-
dures or referrals that may be needed to protect
the confidentiality and safety of patients who
live in small or isolated communities and who
are currently or have previously experienced vio-
lence or abuse.
‘‘(4) CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE.—Issues related
to child and elder abuse may be addressed as part of
a comprehensive programmatic approach imple-
mented under a grant under this section.
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANTEES.—
‘‘(1) 
LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—A grantee shall not use more than 10 per-
cent of the amounts received under a grant under this
section for administrative expenses.
‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS.—A grantee
under this section, and any entity receiving assist-
ance under the grant for training and education,
shall contribute non-Federal funds, either directly or
through in-kind contributions, to the costs of the ac-
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tivities to be funded under the grant in an amount
that is not less than 25 percent of the total cost of
such activities.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section,
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.
Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain
available until expended.’’.
SEC. 504. GRANTS TO FOSTER PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES
TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE,
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING GRANTS.
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:
‘‘SEC. 399O. GRANTS TO FOSTER PUBLIC HEALTH RE-
SPONSES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING
VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
acting
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, shall award grants to eligible
State, tribal, territorial, or local entities to strengthen
the response of State, tribal, territorial, or local health
care systems to domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking.