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SEC. 503. 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. 399P. 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 
Control and Prevention, shall award grants to eligi-
ble State, tribal, territorial, or local entities to 
strengthen the response of State, tribal, territorial, 
or local health care systems to domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(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, 
or any other nonprofit, nongovernmental, 
tribal, territorial, or State entity with a 
history of effective work in the fields of do-
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mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault or stalking, and health care; or 
‘‘(ii) a nonprofit domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking 
service-based program, a local department 
(or other division) of health, a local health 
clinic, hospital, or health system, 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 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 domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or 
stalking and health care organizations.
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‘‘(3) DURATION.—A program conducted under 
a grant awarded under this section shall not exceed 
3 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 in-
volved to domestic or sexual violence in clinical and 
public health settings, hospitals, clinics, managed 
care settings (including behavioral and mental 
health), and other health settings. 
‘‘(2) MANDATORY STRATEGIES.—Strategies im-
plemented under paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The implementation, dissemination, 
and evaluation of policies and procedures to 
guide health care professionals and behavioral 
and public health staff in responding to domes-
tic 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.
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‘‘(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 development or adaptation and 
dissemination of education materials for pa-
tients and health care professionals and behav-
ioral and public health staff. 
‘‘(D) The evaluation of practice and the in-
stitutionalization of identification, intervention, 
and documentation including quality improve-
ment measurements. 
‘‘(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,
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dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and 
elder abuse as well as childhood exposure to do-
mestic violence. 
‘‘(B) The creation, adaptation, and imple-
mentation of public education campaigns for 
patients concerning domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, and stalking prevention. 
‘‘(C) The development, adaptation, and 
dissemination of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, and stalking education 
materials to patients and health care profes-
sionals and behavioral and public health staff. 
‘‘(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 
licensing examinations, such as medical, dental, 
social work, and nursing boards.