(5) other competencies as determined appro-
priate by the Agencies. 
(c) PUBLICATION.— 
(1) AHRQ.—The Agency for Healthcare Re-
search and Quality shall establish, maintain, and 
publish on the website of the Department of Health 
and Human Services an online public map of SAFE, 
SANE, and other forensic medical examiners. Such 
maps shall clarify if there is full-time, part-time, or 
on-call coverage. 
(2) STATES.—A State that receives Federal 
funds shall maintain and make available an online 
public map displaying the number and location of 
available SAFE or SANE programs and other foren-
sic medical examiners in the State. Such maps shall 
clarify if there is full-time, part-time, or on-call cov-
erage. 
SEC. 104. HOSPITAL REPORTING. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, a hospital that re-
ceives Federal funds shall submit to the Secretary a report 
that identifies the level of community access provided by 
the hospital to trained SAFEs, SARTs, SANEs, and oth-
ers who perform such examinations. Such report shall de-
scribe— 
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(1) the number of sexual assault survivors who 
present at the hospital for MFEs in the year for 
which the report is being prepared; 
(2) the number of personnel who are trained 
and practicing as a SANE or SAFE to perform sex-
ual assault exams, indicating the employment basis 
of such personnel as either full-time, part-time, or 
on-call; 
(3) the number of sexual assault exams per-
formed by SANEs or SAFEs; 
(4) the number of sexual assault exams per-
formed by personnel other than a SANE or SAFE; 
(5) the training that such SAFEs or SANEs 
undergo for purposes of maintaining competency; 
and 
(6) the SAFE/SANE standards of care applied 
by the hospital. 
TITLE II—STANDARDS OF CARE 
SEC. 201. NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CARE AND TREAT-
MENT TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a task force to be known as the ‘‘SASCA Task Force’’ 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’) to iden-
tify barriers to improving access to SAFE/SANE and 
other forensic medical examiners. 
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(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Task Force shall include a 
representative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
the Health Resources and Services Administration, the In-
dian Health Service, the Office for Victims of Crime of 
the Department of Justice, the Office on Women’s Health 
of the Department of Health and Human Services, and 
the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department 
of Justice, a survivor of sexual assault, and representa-
tives from regional and national organizations with exper-
tise in forensic nursing, rape trauma or crisis counseling, 
investigating rape and gender violence cases, survivors’ ad-
vocacy and support, sexual assault prevention education, 
rural health, and responding to sexual violence in Native 
communities. 
(c) OBJECTIVES.—To assist and standardize State- 
level efforts to improve medical forensic evidence collection 
relating to sexual assault, the Task Force shall— 
(1) identify barriers to the recruitment, train-
ing, and retention of SAFEs, SARTs, SANEs, and 
others who perform such examinations; 
(2) make recommendations for improving access 
to medical forensic examinations, including the feasi-
bility of, or barriers to, utilizing mobile units; 
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(3) improve coordination of services, and other 
protocols regarding the care and treatment of sexual 
assault survivors and the preservation of evidence 
between law enforcement officials and health care 
providers; and 
(4) update national minimum standards for fo-
rensic medical examiner training and forensic med-
ical evidence collection relating to sexual assault. 
(d) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
first convening, the Task Force shall report to the 
Secretary in a public document on— 
(A) the recommendation for best practices 
with respect to improving medical forensic evi-
dence collection relating to sexual assault; and 
(B) the national minimum standards for 
MFEs and treatments relating to sexual as-
sault. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report on the findings 
and conclusions of the Task Force. 
(e) ANNUAL SUMMIT.—The Secretary shall convene 
an annual stakeholder meeting to address gaps in health 
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care provider care relating to sexual assault that includes 
the Task Force. 
SEC. 202. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION CAMPUS 
ACTION PLAN. 
Each institution of higher education that receives 
Federal funds shall— 
(1) inform survivors of sexual assault about the 
availability of MFEs, including the nearest available 
locations at which such examinations are provided 
by a SANE and that Federal law requires such 
exams to be provided at no cost to the survivor; and 
(2) make the information described in para-
graph (1) available on the website of the institution, 
to the extent practicable. 
SEC. 203. EXPANDING ACCESS TO UNIFIED CARE. 
Part B of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 296j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 812. DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT 
EXAMINER TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall establish a demonstration program (referred to in 
this section as the ‘program’) to award grants to eligible 
partnered entities for the clinical training of SAFEs/ 
SANEs (including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, 
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