Military SAVE Act

Bill: 114-s-2521
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-02-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Crime victims

Crimes against women

Health facilities and institutions

Sex offenses

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment Act or the Military SAVE Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make eligible for treatment in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs entity any veteran who was the victim of a sexual trauma which occurred while the veteran was serving on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2521 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 9, 2016 Mrs. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Graham , Mr. Kirk , Mrs. McCaskill , and Ms. Mikulski ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the treatment at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment Act or the Military SAVE Act . 2. Improvement of treatment for military sexual assault at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities Subsection (b)(2) of section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–146 ; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking or ; (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)(dd), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (E) is a victim of a military sexual trauma described in section 1720D(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code. .