Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act or SASCA This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements to address the adequacy of access to sexual-assault examinations. Among other things, the bill establishes (1) a grant program for states to assess the availability of specified providers to perform sexual-assault examinations; (2) a multiagency pilot program to improve training for, and access to, such providers; (3) reporting requirements for hospitals regarding community access to such providers; and (4) a grant program for provider training in rural and tribal settings.
Assault and harassment offensesCrime preventionCrimes against womenCrime victimsEducation programs fundingEmergency medical services and trauma careEvidence and witnessesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHigher educationIndian social and development programsMedical educationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMinority healthNursingRural conditions and developmentSex offenses
SASCA
USA116th CongressS-402| Senate
| Updated: 2/7/2019
Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act or SASCA This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements to address the adequacy of access to sexual-assault examinations. Among other things, the bill establishes (1) a grant program for states to assess the availability of specified providers to perform sexual-assault examinations; (2) a multiagency pilot program to improve training for, and access to, such providers; (3) reporting requirements for hospitals regarding community access to such providers; and (4) a grant program for provider training in rural and tribal settings.
Assault and harassment offensesCrime preventionCrimes against womenCrime victimsEducation programs fundingEmergency medical services and trauma careEvidence and witnessesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHigher educationIndian social and development programsMedical educationMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMinority healthNursingRural conditions and developmentSex offenses