Title: End the Cycle of Violence Act of 2019
Policy area: Health

Summary:
End the Cycle of Violence Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program that supports violence prevention efforts. Specifically, HHS must award grants to trauma centers or nonprofit entities for the purpose of conducting or expanding research on the effectiveness of violence prevention efforts in reducing re-injury and re-incarceration that is caused by intentional violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence. HHS must also publish best practices for preventing intentional violent trauma based on findings from the grant program.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2464 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2464

  To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program 
   supporting trauma centers with violence intervention and violence 
              prevention programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2019

    Mr. Ruppersberger (for himself and Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program 
   supporting trauma centers with violence intervention and violence 
              prevention programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End the Cycle of Violence Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING TRAUMA CENTERS WITH VIOLENCE 
              INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

    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 new 
section:

``SEC. 399V-7. GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTING TRAUMA CENTERS WITH VIOLENCE 
              INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Authority Established.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 9 months after the date 
        of enactment of the End the Cycle of Violence Act of 2019, the 
        Secretary shall award 10 grants to eligible entities for the 
        purpose of carrying out the activities described in subsection 
        (c).
            ``(2) Grant amount.--The amount of each of the grants 
        awarded under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be equal to 
        the amount that is 10 percent of the total amount made 
        available for grants under this section for such fiscal year.
            ``(3) Grant duration.--Each grant awarded under paragraph 
        (1) shall be for a period of three years.
            ``(4) Supplement not supplant.--A grant awarded under 
        paragraph (1) to an eligible entity shall be used to 
        supplement, and not supplant, any other funds provided to such 
        entity for carrying out the activities described in subsection 
        (c).
    ``(b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a)(1), an entity shall--
            ``(1) either be--
                    ``(A) a State-designated trauma center, or a trauma 
                center verified by the American College of Surgeons, 
                that conducts a violence intervention or violence 
                prevention program; or
                    ``(B) a nonprofit entity that conducts a program 
                described in subparagraph (A) in cooperation with a 
                trauma center described in such subparagraph; and
            ``(2) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 
        in such manner, and containing such information as the 
        Secretary may require.
    ``(c) Use of Grant Funds.--An entity that receives a grant under 
subsection (a)(1) shall use the grant funds to conduct or expand 
research on the effectiveness of violence prevention efforts in 
reducing the incidence of re-injury and re-incarceration caused by 
intentional violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence.
    ``(d) Reports.--
            ``(1) Reports to secretary.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An entity that receives a grant 
                under subsection (a)(1) shall submit reports on the use 
                of the grant funds to the Secretary, including progress 
                reports, as required by the Secretary. Such reports 
                shall include--
                            ``(i) any findings of research conducted, 
                        or expanded, by the entity under subsection 
                        (c); and
                            ``(ii) if applicable, the manner in which 
                        the entity has incorporated such findings in 
                        the violence intervention or violence 
                        prevention program conducted by such entity.
                    ``(B) Option for joint report.--To the extent 
                feasible and appropriate, an entity that receives a 
                grant under subsection (a)(1) may elect to coordinate 
                with one or more other entities that have received such 
                a grant to submit a joint report that meets the 
                requirements of subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Report to congress.--Not later than six years after 
        the date of enactment of the End the Cycle of Violence Act of 
        2019, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report--
                    ``(A) on any findings resulting from reports 
                submitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1);
                    ``(B) on best practices developed by the Secretary 
                under subsection (e); and
                    ``(C) with recommendations for legislative action 
                relating to intentional violent trauma prevention that 
                the Secretary determines appropriate.
    ``(e) Best Practices.--Not later than six years after the date of 
enactment of the End the Cycle of Violence Act of 2019, the Secretary 
shall--
            ``(1) develop, and post on a public website of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services, best practices for 
        intentional violent trauma prevention, based on any findings 
        reported to the Secretary under subsection (d)(1); and
            ``(2) disseminate such best practices to stakeholders, as 
        determined appropriate by the Secretary.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for the period of 
fiscal years 2020 through 2023.''.
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