Domestic Violence Screening, Treatment, and Prevention Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1267
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Block grants
Child abuse
Child health
Child safety
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information
Curricula
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Education
Elder abuse
Employee training
Families
Family violence
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government paperwork
Health education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal services
Licenses
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical records
Mental health services
Nursing education
Patient satisfaction
Patients' rights
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Public health personnel
Quality of care
Research centers
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Surveys
Teaching
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Domestic Violence Screening, Treatment, and Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish, under specified conditions, family violence research and education centers to conduct research and disseminate information concerning family violence; and (2) establish an advisory board to recommend the research agenda for such centers.
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities capable of conducting such research.
Requires the Secretary to award grants to entities that currently work in the field of family violence and health care to enable them to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate family violence education and training curricula, programs, and strategies.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants for up to four years to State and local governmental and nonprofit entities that currently work in the field of family violence and health care to be used to develop strategies to improve the response of State and local health care systems to domestic violence and to promote education and awareness.
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to declare that State health benefits provided may cover domestic violence identification and treatment services.
Amends Federal civil service law to require the Office of Personnel Management to require all contracted carriers of health coverage for Federal employees to include coverage for domestic violence identification and treatment services.
Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) to require: (1) the Secretary, with respect to maternal and child health services block grant funds, to provide preference to State applicants who include training of providers in how to identify and treat the effects of family violence; and (2) States to set aside a reasonable portion of such funds to provide for domestic violence identification and treatment.
Requires the Secretary to allot funds to States to provide for a separate program for domestic violence identification and treatment.
Amends the PHSA to authorize the Secretary to award grants to federally-qualified health centers to improve the identification and treatment of domestic violence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2003-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House