Preventing Domestic Violence Homicides Through Assessment Training Act

Bill: 117-hr-1907
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-16
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims

Domestic violence and child abuse

Employment and training programs

First responders and emergency personnel

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Preventing Domestic Violence Homicides Through Assessment Training Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award technical assistance and training grants for states, local governments, Indian tribes, and domestic violence victim service providers to establish or operate lethality assessment programs. A<em> lethality assessment program</em> connects victims of domestic violence to service providers, helps first responders and others identify and respond to possibly lethal circumstances, and identifies victims who are at high risk for being seriously injured or killed.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1907 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2021 Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Trone ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize the Attorney General to make grants for technical assistance and training in the operation or establishment of a lethality assessment program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Domestic Violence Homicides Through Assessment Training Act . 2. Grants for lethality assessment programs (a) In general The Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, Indian Tribes, domestic violence victim service providers, and State or Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions for technical assistance and training in the operation or establishment of a lethality assessment program. (b) Definition In this section, the term lethality assessment program means a program that— (1) rapidly connects a victim of domestic violence to local community-based victim service providers; (2) helps first responders and others in the justice system, including courts, law enforcement agencies, and prosecutors of Tribal government and units of local government, identify and respond to possibly lethal circumstances; and (3) identifies victims of domestic violence who are at high risk of being seriously injured or killed by an intimate partner. (c) Qualifications To be eligible for a grant under this section, an applicant shall demonstrate experience in developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating a lethality assessment program. (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. (e) Definitions Terms used in this section have the meanings given such terms in section 40002 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291 ).