‘‘(iii) establish or support multidisci-
plinary collaborative community responses 
to victims of elder abuse; and 
‘‘(iv) conduct cross-training for law 
enforcement agencies, prosecutors, agen-
cies of States or units of local government, 
attorneys, health care providers, population 
specific organizations, faith-based advo-
cates, victim service providers, and courts 
to better serve victims of elder abuse. 
‘‘(B) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligi-
ble entity receiving a grant under this section 
may use not more than 10 percent of the funds 
received under the grant to— 
‘‘(i) provide training programs to as-
sist attorneys, health care providers, faith- 
based leaders, or other community-based 
organizations in recognizing and address-
ing instances of elder abuse; or 
‘‘(ii) conduct outreach activities and 
awareness campaigns to ensure that vic-
tims of elder abuse receive appropriate as-
sistance. 
‘‘(3) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—In making 
grants under this section, the Attorney General shall
give priority to proposals providing culturally spe-
cific or population specific services. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2017.’’. 
TITLE III—SERVICES, PROTEC-
TION, 
AND 
JUSTICE 
FOR 
YOUNG 
VICTIMS 
OF 
VIO-
LENCE 
SEC. 301. RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION GRANT. 
Section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘, territorial, or tribal’’ after ‘‘cri-
sis centers, State’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and al-
cohol’’ after ‘‘about drugs’’; 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2013 through 2017’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) FUNDING
FORMULA.—Amounts provided 
under this section shall be allotted to each State, 
territory, and the District of Columbia based on 
population. If the amounts appropriated under para-
graph (1) exceed $48,000,000 in any fiscal year, a 
minimum allocation of $150,000 shall be awarded to 
each State and territory and the District of Colum-
bia. Any remaining funds shall be allotted to each 
State and territory and the District of Columbia 
based on population.’’. 
SEC. 302. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OPTIONS, 
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN 
AND YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle L of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043c et seq.) is amend-
ed by striking sections 41201 through 41204 and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘SEC. 41201. CREATING HOPE THROUGH OUTREACH, OP-
TIONS, 
SERVICES, 
AND 
EDUCATION 
FOR 
CHILDREN AND YOUTH (CHOOSE CHILDREN 
AND YOUTH). 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 
working in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Secretary of Education, shall 
award grants to enhance the safety of youth and children
who are victims of, or exposed to, domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking and to prevent future 
violence. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM PURPOSES.—Funds provided under 
this section may be used for the following program pur-
pose areas: 
‘‘(1) SERVICES
TO
ADVOCATE
FOR
AND
RE-
SPOND
TO
YOUTH.—To develop, expand, and 
strengthen victim interventions and services that tar-
get youth who are victims of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services 
may include victim services, counseling, advocacy, 
mentoring, educational support, transportation, legal 
assistance in civil, criminal and administrative mat-
ters, such as family law cases, housing cases, child 
welfare proceedings, campus administrative pro-
ceedings, and civil protection order proceedings, 
services to address sex trafficking, population spe-
cific services, and other activities that support youth 
in finding safety, stability, and justice and in ad-
dressing the emotional, cognitive, and physical ef-
fects of trauma on youth. Funds may be used to— 
‘‘(A) assess and analyze available services 
for youth victims of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking, deter-
mining relevant barriers to such services in a 
particular locality, and developing a community 
protocol to address such problems collabo-
ratively; 
‘‘(B) develop and implement policies, prac-
tices, and procedures to effectively respond to 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking against youth; or 
‘‘(C) provide technical assistance and 
training to enhance the ability of school per-
sonnel, victim service providers, child protective 
service workers, staff of law enforcement agen-
cies, prosecutors, court personnel, individuals 
who work in after school programs, medical 
personnel, social workers, mental health per-
sonnel, and workers in other programs that 
serve children and youth to improve their ability 
to appropriately respond to the needs of chil-
dren and youth who are victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing, as well as homeless youth, and to properly 
refer such children, youth, and their families to 
appropriate services. 
‘‘(2) SUPPORTING
YOUTH
THROUGH
EDU-
CATION AND PROTECTION.—To enable secondary or
elementary schools that serve students in any of 
grades five through twelve and institutions of higher 
education to— 
‘‘(A) provide training to school personnel, 
including health care providers and security 
personnel, on the needs of students who are vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, or stalking; 
‘‘(B) develop and implement age-appro-
priate prevention and intervention policies in 
accordance with State law in secondary or ele-
mentary schools that serve students in any of 
grades five through twelve, including appro-
priate responses to, and identification and re-
ferral procedures for, students who are experi-
encing or perpetrating domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and proce-
dures for handling the requirements of court 
protective orders issued to or against students; 
‘‘(C) provide support services for student 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking, such as a resource 
person who is either on-site or on-call; 
‘‘(D) provide evidence-based educational 
programs for students regarding domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalk-
ing; or 
‘‘(E) develop strategies to increase identi-
fication, support, referrals, and prevention pro-
grams for youth who are at high risk of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an entity shall be— 
‘‘(A) a victim service provider, tribal non-
profit organization, population specific organi-
zation, or community-based organization with a 
demonstrated history of effective work address-
ing the needs of youth, including runaway or 
homeless youth, who are victims of domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; or 
‘‘(B) a victim service provider that is 
partnered with an entity that has a dem-
onstrated history of effective work addressing 
the needs of youth. 
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) EDUCATION.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant for the purposes described in sub-
section (b)(2), an entity described in paragraph 
(1) shall be partnered with an elementary 
school or secondary school (as such terms are 
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965), charter 
school (as defined in section 5210 of such Act), 
a school that is operated or supported by the 
Bureau of Indian Education, or a legally oper-
ating private school, a school administered by 
the Department of Defense under section 2164 
of title 10, United States Code, or section 1402 
of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 
1978, a group of such schools, a local edu-
cational agency (as defined in section 9101(26) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965), or an institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965). 
‘‘(B) OTHER
PARTNERSHIPS.—All appli-
cants under this section are encouraged to work 
in partnership with organizations and agencies 
that work with the relevant youth population. 
Such entities may include— 
‘‘(i) a State, tribe, unit of local gov-
ernment, or territory;
‘‘(ii) a population specific or commu-
nity-based organization; 
‘‘(iii) batterer intervention programs 
or sex offender treatment programs with 
specialized knowledge and experience work-
ing with youth offenders; or 
‘‘(iv) any other agencies or nonprofit, 
nongovernmental organizations with the 
capacity to provide effective assistance to 
the adult, youth, and child victims served 
by the partnership. 
‘‘(d) GRANTEE
REQUIREMENTS.—Applicants for 
grants under this section shall establish and implement 
policies, practices, and procedures that— 
‘‘(1) require and include appropriate referral 
systems for child and youth victims; 
‘‘(2) protect the confidentiality and privacy of 
child and youth victim information, particularly in 
the context of parental or third-party involvement 
and consent, mandatory reporting duties, and work-
ing with other service providers with priority on vic-
tim safety and autonomy; 
‘‘(3) ensure that all individuals providing inter-
vention or prevention programs to children or youth 
through a program funded under this section have
completed, or will complete, sufficient training in 
connection with domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking; and 
‘‘(4) ensure that parents are informed of the 
programs funded under this program that are being 
offered at their child’s school. 
‘‘(e) 
PRIORITY.—The 
Attorney 
General 
shall 
prioritize grant applications under this section that coordi-
nate with prevention programs in the community. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In this 
section, the definitions and grant conditions provided for 
in section 40002 shall apply. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 
2017. 
‘‘(h) ALLOTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 50 percent of 
the total amount appropriated under this section for 
each fiscal year shall be used for the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 
of the total amount appropriated under this section 
for each fiscal year shall be made available for 
grants under the program authorized by section
2015 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10).’’. 
(b) 
VAWA 
GRANT
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
40002(b) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13925(b)), as amended by section 3(b)(4), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) REQUIREMENT
FOR
EVIDENCE-BASED 
PROGRAMS.—Any educational programming, train-
ing, or public awareness communications regarding 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking that are funded under this title must be evi-
dence-based.’’. 
SEC. 303. GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES ON CAM-
PUSES. 
Section 304 of the Violence Against Women and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 14045b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘stalking 
on campuses,’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘crimes against women 
on’’ and inserting ‘‘crimes on’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘, and to develop and 
strengthen 
prevention 
education 
and
awareness programs’’ before the period; 
and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, strengthen,’’ after 
‘‘To develop’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘assault and stalking,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘assault, and stalking, in-
cluding the use of technology to commit 
these crimes,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and population spe-
cific services’’ after ‘‘strengthen victim 
services programs’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘entities carrying out’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘stalking vic-
tim services programs’’ and inserting ‘‘vic-
tim service providers’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘, regardless of 
whether the services provided by such pro-
gram are provided by the institution or in 
coordination with community victim service
providers’’ before the period at the end; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) To provide evidence-based educational pro-
gramming for students regarding domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
‘‘(10) To develop or adapt population specific 
strategies and projects for victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking 
from underserved populations on campus.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘any non-profit’’ and all that follows 
through the first occurrence of ‘‘victim 
services programs’’ and inserting ‘‘victim 
service providers’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) 
through (G), respectively; and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C), the following: 
‘‘(D) describe how underserved populations 
in the campus community will be adequately
‘‘(D) The grantee shall train all members 
of campus disciplinary boards to respond effec-
tively to situations involving domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.’’; 
and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ 
and all that follows through the period and inserting 
‘‘$12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 
through 2017.’’. 
SEC. 304. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new part: 
‘‘PART LL—NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
‘‘SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE-
TY. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN-
TER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 
of Community Oriented Policing Services is author-
ized to establish and operate a National Center for 
Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section as 
the ‘Center’).
‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Director of the 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is 
authorized to award grants to institutions of higher 
education and other nonprofit organizations to assist 
in carrying out the functions of the Center required 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS
OF
THE CENTER.—The center 
shall— 
‘‘(1) provide quality education and training for 
campus public safety agencies of institutions of high-
er education and the agencies’ collaborative part-
ners, including campus mental health agencies; 
‘‘(2) foster quality research to strengthen the 
safety and security of institutions of higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica-
tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro-
cedures, and best practices relevant to campus pub-
lic safety, including off-campus housing safety, the 
prevention of violence against persons and property, 
and emergency response and evacuation procedures; 
‘‘(4) develop protocols, in conjunction with the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Secretary of Education, State, local, and 
tribal governments and law enforcement agencies,
private and nonprofit organizations and associations, 
and other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against, 
respond to, and recover from, natural and man-made 
emergencies or dangerous situations involving an im-
mediate threat to the health or safety of the campus 
community; 
‘‘(5) promote the development and dissemina-
tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and 
management models to prevent campus violence; 
‘‘(6) coordinate campus safety information (in-
cluding ways to increase off-campus housing safety) 
and resources available from the Department of Jus-
tice, the Department of Homeland Security, the De-
partment of Education, State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments and law enforcement agencies, and private 
and nonprofit organizations and associations; 
‘‘(7) increase cooperation, collaboration, and 
consistency in prevention, response, and problem- 
solving methods among law enforcement, mental 
health, and other agencies and jurisdictions serving 
institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(8) develop standardized formats and models 
for mutual aid agreements and memoranda of un-
derstanding between campus security agencies and
other public safety organizations and mental health 
agencies; and 
‘‘(9) report annually to Congress and the Attor-
ney General on activities performed by the Center 
during the previous 12 months. 
‘‘(c) 
COORDINATION
WITH
AVAILABLE
RE-
SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Director of the 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services shall— 
‘‘(1) consult with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attor-
ney General of each State; and 
‘‘(2) coordinate the establishment and operation 
of the Center with campus public safety resources 
that may be available within the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Department of Edu-
cation. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 
education’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 
(b) JUSTICE PROGRAM CONSOLIDATIONS.—Effective 
30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Office of Dispute Resolution of the Department of Justice 
and the jurisdiction and employees of such office shall 
be—
(1) transferred to the Office of Legal Policy of 
the Department of Justice; and 
(2) funded through the general administration 
appropriation of the Office of Legal Policy. 
TITLE IV—VIOLENCE 
REDUCTION PRACTICES 
SEC. 401. STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTERS FOR DIS-
EASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 
Section 402(c) of the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 280b–4(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2013 through 
2017’’. 
SEC. 402. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 
THROUGH PREVENTION GRANTS. 
(a) SMART PREVENTION.—Section 41303 of the Vi-
olence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d– 
2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 41303. SAVING MONEY AND REDUCING TRAGEDIES 
THROUGH 
PREVENTION 
(SMART 
PREVEN-
TION). 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Secretary of Education, is authorized to
award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by tak-
ing a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, chil-
dren exposed to violence, and men as leaders and 
influencers of social norms. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 
section may be used for the following purposes: 
‘‘(1) TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND 
PREVENTION.—To develop, maintain, or enhance 
programs that change attitudes and behaviors 
around the acceptability of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provide 
education and skills training to young individuals 
and individuals who influence young individuals. The 
prevention program may use evidence-based, evi-
dence-informed, or innovative strategies and prac-
tices focused on youth. Such a program should in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) evidence-based age education on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, and sexual coercion, as well as healthy 
relationship skills, in school, in the community, 
or in health care settings; 
‘‘(B) community-based collaboration and 
training for those with influence on youth, such
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youth affected by domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. 
‘‘(E) Health care entities eligible for reim-
bursement under title XVIII of the Social Secu-
rity Act, including providers that target the 
special needs of children and youth. 
‘‘(F) Any other agencies, population-spe-
cific organizations, or nonprofit, nongovern-
mental organizations with the capacity to pro-
vide necessary expertise to meet the goals of the 
program. 
‘‘(d) GRANTEE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Applicants for grants 
under this section shall prepare and submit to the 
Director an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Director 
may require that demonstrates the capacity of the 
applicant and partnering organizations to undertake 
the project. 
‘‘(2) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Applicants 
under this section shall establish and implement 
policies, practices, and procedures that are con-
sistent with the best practices developed under sec-
tion 402 of the Violence Against Women and De-
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partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 280b–4) and— 
‘‘(A) include appropriate referral systems 
to direct any victim identified during program 
activities to highly qualified follow-up care; 
‘‘(B) protect the confidentiality and pri-
vacy of adult and youth victim information, 
particularly in the context of parental or third- 
party involvement and consent, mandatory re-
porting duties, and working with other service 
providers; 
‘‘(C) ensure that all individuals providing 
prevention programming through a program 
funded under this section have completed or 
will complete sufficient training in connection 
with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault or stalking; and 
‘‘(D) document how prevention programs 
are coordinated with service programs in the 
community. 
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi-
ents under this section, the Attorney General shall 
give preference to applicants that— 
‘‘(A) include outcome-based evaluation; 
and
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‘‘(B) identify any other community, school, 
or State-based efforts that are working on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
or stalking prevention and explain how the 
grantee or partnership will add value, coordi-
nate with other programs, and not duplicate ex-
isting efforts. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS
AND GRANT CONDITIONS.—In 
this section, the definitions and grant conditions provided 
for in section 40002 shall apply. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 
‘‘(g) ALLOTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 25 percent of 
the total amounts appropriated under this section in 
each fiscal year shall be used for each set of pur-
poses described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—Not less than 10 percent 
of the total amounts appropriated under this section 
in each fiscal year shall be made available for grants 
to Indian tribes or tribal organizations.’’. 
(b) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed:
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(1) Sections 41304 and 41305 of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043d–3 
and 14043d–4). 
(2) Section 403 of the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 14045c). 
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RE-
SPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE, 
DATING 
VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULT, 
AND 
STALKING 
SEC. 501. CONSOLIDATION OF GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN 
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM’S RESPONSE TO 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. 
(a) GRANTS.—Section 399P of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–4) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 399P. GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH CARE 
SYSTEM’S 
RESPONSE 
TO 
DOMESTIC 
VIO-
LENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, 
AND STALKING. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants for—
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‘‘(1) the development or enhancement and im-
plementation of interdisciplinary training for health 
professionals, public health staff, and allied health 
professionals; 
‘‘(2) the development or enhancement and im-
plementation of education programs for medical, 
nursing, dental, and other health profession students 
and residents to prevent and respond to domestic vi-
olence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 
and 
‘‘(3) the development or enhancement and im-
plementation of comprehensive statewide strategies 
to improve the response of clinics, public health fa-
cilities, hospitals, and other health settings (includ-
ing behavioral and mental health programs) to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) 
REQUIRED
USES.—Amounts 
provided 
under a grant under this section shall be used to— 
‘‘(A) fund interdisciplinary training and 
education programs under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of subsection (a) that— 
‘‘(i) are designed to train medical, 
psychology, dental, social work, nursing,
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and other health profession students, in-
terns, residents, fellows, or current health 
care providers to identify and provide 
health care services (including mental or 
behavioral health care services and refer-
rals to appropriate community services) to 
individuals who are or who have been vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking; and 
‘‘(ii) plan and develop clinical training 
components for integration into approved 
internship, residency, and fellowship train-
ing or continuing medical or other health 
education training that address physical, 
mental, and behavioral health issues, in-
cluding protective factors, related to do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, stalking, and other forms of violence 
and abuse, focus on reducing health dis-
parities and preventing violence and abuse, 
and include the primacy of victim safety 
and confidentiality; and 
‘‘(B) design and implement comprehensive 
strategies to improve the response of the health 
care system to domestic or sexual violence in
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ual assault advocates to provide such serv-
ices or to model other services appropriate 
to the geographic and cultural needs of a 
site; 
‘‘(iii) the development of measures 
and methods for the evaluation of the 
practice of identification, intervention, and 
documentation regarding victims of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
and stalking, including the development 
and testing of quality improvement meas-
urements; and 
‘‘(iv) the provision of training and fol-
lowup technical assistance to health care 
professionals, and public health staff, and 
allied health professionals to identify, as-
sess, treat, and refer clients who are vic-
tims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, or stalking, including using 
tools and training materials already devel-
oped. 
‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE USES.— 
‘‘(A) CHILD AND ELDER ABUSE.—To the 
extent consistent with the purpose of this sec-
tion, a grantee may use amounts received under
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this section to address, as part of a comprehen-
sive programmatic approach implemented under 
the grant, issues relating to child or elder 
abuse. 
‘‘(B) 
RURAL
AREAS.—Grants 
funded 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 
may be used to offer to rural areas community- 
based training opportunities (which may include 
the use of distance learning networks and other 
available technologies needed to reach isolated 
rural areas) for medical, nursing, and other 
health profession students and residents on do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, and, as appropriate, other forms of vi-
olence and abuse. 
‘‘(C) OTHER USES.—Grants funded under 
subsection (a)(3) may be used for— 
‘‘(i) the development of training mod-
ules and policies that address the overlap 
of child abuse, domestic violence, dating vi-
olence, sexual assault, and stalking and 
elder abuse, as well as childhood exposure 
to domestic and sexual violence; 
‘‘(ii) the development, expansion, and 
implementation of sexual assault forensic
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medical examination or sexual assault 
nurse examiner programs; 
‘‘(iii) the inclusion of the health ef-
fects of lifetime exposure to violence and 
abuse as well as related protective factors 
and behavioral risk factors in health pro-
fessional training schools, including med-
ical, dental, nursing, social work, and men-
tal and behavioral health curricula, and al-
lied health service training courses; or 
‘‘(iv) the integration of knowledge of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, and stalking into health care ac-
creditation and professional licensing ex-
aminations, such as medical, dental, social 
work, and nursing boards, and where ap-
propriate, other allied health exams. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTEES.— 
‘‘(1) CONFIDENTIALITY AND SAFETY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Grantees under this 
section shall ensure that all programs developed 
with grant funds address issues of confiden-
tiality and patient safety and comply with appli-
cable confidentiality and nondisclosure require-
ments under section 40002(b)(2) of the Vio-
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lence Against Women Act of 1994 and the 
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, 
and that faculty and staff associated with deliv-
ering educational components are fully trained 
in procedures that will protect the immediate 
and ongoing security and confidentiality of the 
patients, patient records, and staff. Such grant-
ees shall consult entities with demonstrated ex-
pertise in the confidentiality and safety needs of 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
sexual assault, and stalking on the development 
and adequacy of confidentially and security pro-
cedures, and provide documentation of such 
consultation. 
‘‘(B) ADVANCE NOTICE OF INFORMATION 
DISCLOSURE.—Grantees under this section shall 
provide to patients advance notice about any 
circumstances under which information may be 
disclosed, such as mandatory reporting laws, 
and shall give patients the option to receive in-
formation and referrals without affirmatively 
disclosing abuse. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—A grantee shall use not more than 10 per-
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cent of the amounts received under a grant under 
this section for administrative expenses. 
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting grant recipi-
ents under this section, the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to applicants based on the strength of their 
evaluation strategies, with priority given to outcome- 
based evaluations. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) SUBSECTION (a) (1) AND (2) GRANT-
EES.—An entity desiring a grant under para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information 
and assurances as the Secretary may require, 
including— 
‘‘(i) documentation that the applicant 
represents a team of entities working col-
laboratively to strengthen the response of 
the health care system to domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, and which includes at least one of 
each of— 
‘‘(I) an accredited school of 
allopathic or osteopathic medicine,
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psychology, nursing, dentistry, social 
work, or other health field; 
‘‘(II) a health care facility or sys-
tem; or 
‘‘(III) a government or nonprofit 
entity with a history of effective work 
in the fields of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalk-
ing; and 
‘‘(ii) strategies for the dissemination 
and sharing of curricula and other edu-
cational materials developed under the 
grant, if any, with other interested health 
professions schools and national resource 
repositories for materials on domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking. 
‘‘(B) SUBSECTION (a)(3) GRANTEES.—An 
entity desiring a grant under subsection (a)(3) 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information and assurances as the Secretary 
may require, including— 
‘‘(i) documentation that all training, 
education, screening, assessment, services,