Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes Act

Bill: 115-s-1365
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-06-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Crime victims

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health facilities and institutions

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Military medicine

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 to include victims of acts of terror in the evaluation and treatment of veterans and civilians at military treatment facilities.</p> <p>The Department of Defense (DOD) shall establish implementing procedures: (1) for outreach and communication to local medical facilities after an act of terror in the United States; (2) to coordinate and provide medical expertise to local medical facilities that are treating victims of an act of terror that caused blast related injuries, mass shooting related injuries, burn related injuries, or other serious injuries; and (3) for medical evaluations of such victims.</p> <p>DOD may not release a victim of an act of terror who is receiving such care to a private health care provider until a comprehensive treatment plan is communicated to the individual or his or her health care provider. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1365 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 15, 2017 Ms. Warren (for herself and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to include victims of acts of terror in the evaluation and treatment of veterans and civilians at military treatment facilities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes Act . 2. Inclusion of victims of acts of terror in evaluation and treatment of veterans and civilians at military treatment facilities Section 717 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by inserting , including victims of acts of terror, after civilians ; (2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting , including a victim of an act of terror, after civilian ; and (3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following new subsections: (d) Procedures after acts of terror (1) Procedures Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes Act , the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, establish procedures to implement subsection (a) with respect to victims of acts of terror, which shall include the following: (A) Procedures for the conduct of timely outreach and communication to local medical facilities after an act of terror in the United States. (B) Procedures to promptly contact, coordinate, and provide medical expertise to local medical facilities that are treating victims of an act of terror that caused blast related injuries, mass shooting related injuries, burn related injuries, or other serious injuries. (C) Procedures for the provision of medical evaluations for victims of an act of terror who were exposed to such injuries. (2) Release to private sector health care provider The Secretary may not release a victim of an act of terror who is receiving care under subsection (a) to a health care provider in the private sector until a comprehensive treatment plan is communicated to the individual or a health care provider of the individual. (3) Reports Not later than 180 days after an act of terror that results in civilians being evaluated and treated at a military treatment facility under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes— (A) the number of victims of the act of terror who are receiving treatment at a military treatment facility; (B) a list of the types of injuries being treated; and (C) such recommendations to improve the procedures established under paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appropriate. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Act of terror The term act of terror means an act of domestic terrorism or international terrorism, as those terms are defined in section 2331 of title 18, United States Code. (2) Covered beneficiary The term covered beneficiary has the meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. (3) Victim The term victim , with respect to an act of terror, means an individual who suffered physical injury as a direct result of the act of terror. .