SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF 
SEXUAL TRAUMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of De-
fense and Veterans Affairs shall jointly develop, imple-
ment, and maintain a standard of coordinated care for 
members of the Armed Forces who are survivors of sexual 
trauma. Such standard shall include the following: 
(b) MINIMUM ELEMENTS.—The standard developed 
and implemented under subsection (a) by the Secretaries 
of Defense and Veterans Affairs shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) INFORMATION
FOR
MEMBERS
OF
THE 
ARMED FORCES.—The Secretary of Defense shall en-
sure that— 
(A) information is posted in each facility of 
the Department of Defense regarding services 
furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to survivors of sexual trauma; and 
(B) Sexual Assault Response Coordinators 
and Uniformed Victim Advocates receive annual 
training on resources of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs regarding sexual trauma. 
(2) COORDINATION BETWEEN STAFF OF THE 
DEPARTMENTS.—The Secretaries shall ensure that a 
Sexual Assault Response Coordinator or Uniformed 
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Victim Advocate of the Department of Defense who 
receives a report of an instance of sexual trauma 
connects each survivor to the Military Sexual Trau-
ma Coordinator of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs at the facility of that Department nearest to 
the residence of that survivor. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT ON RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretaries of Defense and 
Veterans Affairs shall provide a report to the appro-
priate committees of Congress regarding the avail-
ability of residential treatment programs for sur-
vivors of sexual trauma, including— 
(A) barriers to access for such programs; 
and 
(B) resources required to reduce such bar-
riers. 
(2) INITIAL REPORT.—Upon implementation of 
the standard under subsection (a), the Secretaries of 
Defense and Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
the standard. 
(3) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not later than 180 
days after submitting the initial report under para-
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graph (2), and on December 1 of each subsequent 
year, the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Af-
fairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report on the progress of the Sec-
retaries in implementing and improving the stand-
ard. 
(4) UPDATES.—Whenever the Secretaries of 
Defense and Veterans Affairs update the standard 
developed under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on such update, including a com-
prehensive and detailed description of such update 
and the reasons for such update. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘sexual trauma’’ means psycho-
logical trauma described in section 1720D(a)(1) of 
title 38, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
and 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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