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- § 300d-51. Residency training programs in emergency medicine
- § 300d-52. State grants for projects regarding traumatic brain injury
- § 300d-53. State grants for protection and advocacy services
- § 300d-54. Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program
§ 300d–51. Residency training programs in emergency medicine
(a) In general
(b) Identification and referral of domestic violence
(c) Authorization of appropriations
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1251, as added Pub. L. 102–408, title III, § 304, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 2084; amended Pub. L. 110–23, § 13, May 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 98.)
§ 300d–52. State grants for projects regarding traumatic brain injury
(a) In general
(b) State advisory board
(1) In general
(2) Functions
(3) CompositionAn advisory board established under paragraph (1) shall be composed of—
(A) representatives of—
(i) the corresponding State or American Indian consortium agencies involved;
(ii) public and nonprofit private health related organizations;
(iii) other disability advisory or planning groups within the State or American Indian consortium;
(iv) members of an organization or foundation representing individuals with traumatic brain injury in that State or American Indian consortium; and
(v) injury control programs at the State or local level if such programs exist; and
(B) a substantial number of individuals with traumatic brain injury, or the family members of such individuals.
(c) Matching funds
(1) In general
(2) Determination of amount contributed
(d) Application for grant
(e) Use of State and American Indian consortium grants
(1) Community services and supportsA State or American Indian consortium shall (directly or through awards of contracts to nonprofit private entities) use amounts received under a grant under this section for the following:
(A) To develop, change, or enhance community-based service delivery systems that include timely access to comprehensive appropriate services and supports. Such service and supports—
(i) shall promote full participation by individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families in decision making regarding the services and supports; and
(ii) shall be designed for children, youth, and adults with traumatic brain injury.
(B) To focus on outreach to underserved and inappropriately served individuals, such as individuals in institutional settings, individuals with low socioeconomic resources, individuals in rural communities, and individuals in culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
(C) To award contracts to nonprofit entities for consumer or family service access training, consumer support, peer mentoring, and parent to parent programs.
(D) To develop individual and family service coordination or case management systems.
(E) To support other needs identified by the advisory board under subsection (b) for the State or American Indian consortium involved.
(2) Best practices
(A) In general
(B) Demonstration by State agency
(3) State capacity buildingA State or American Indian consortium may use amounts received under a grant under this section to—
(A) educate consumers and families;
(B) train professionals in public and private sector financing (such as third party payers, State agencies, community-based providers, schools, and educators);
(C) develop or improve case management or service coordination systems;
(D) develop best practices in areas such as family or consumer support, return to work, housing or supportive living personal assistance services, assistive technology and devices, behavioral health services, substance abuse services, and traumatic brain injury treatment and rehabilitation;
(E) tailor existing State or American Indian consortium systems to provide accommodations to the needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury (including systems administered by the State or American Indian consortium departments responsible for health, mental health, labor/employment, education, intellectual disabilities or developmental disorders, transportation, and correctional systems);
(F) improve data sets coordinated across systems and other needs identified by a State or American Indian consortium plan supported by its advisory council; and
(G) develop capacity within targeted communities.
(f) Coordination of activities
(g) Report
(h) DefinitionsFor purposes of this section:
(1) The terms “American Indian consortium” and “State” have the meanings given to those terms in section 300d–53 of this title.
(2) The term “traumatic brain injury” means an acquired injury to the brain. Such term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or degenerative disorders, nor birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by anoxia due to trauma. The Secretary may revise the definition of such term as the Secretary determines necessary, after consultation with States and other appropriate public or nonprofit private entities.
(i) Authorization of appropriations
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1252, as added Pub. L. 104–166, § 3, July 29, 1996, 110 Stat. 1446; amended Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIII, § 1304, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1139; Pub. L. 110–23, § 14, May 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 99; Pub. L. 110–206, § 6(a), Apr. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 716; Pub. L. 111–256, § 2(f)(6), Oct. 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 2644; Pub. L. 113–196, § 3, Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2052; Pub. L. 115–377, § 3, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5114.)
§ 300d–53. State grants for protection and advocacy services
(a) In general
(b) Services provided
Services provided under this section may include the provision of—
(1) information, referrals, and advice;
(2) individual and family advocacy;
(3) legal representation; and
(4) specific assistance in self-advocacy.
(c) Application
(d) Appropriations less than $2,700,000
(1) In general
(2) Amount
(e) Appropriations of $2,700,000 or more
(1) Population basis
(2) Amount
(3) Minimums
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the amount of a grant 1
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a protection and advocacy system under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall—(A) in the case of a protection and advocacy system located in American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the protection and advocacy system serving the American Indian consortium, not be less than $20,000; and
(B) in the case of a protection and advocacy system in a State not described in subparagraph (A), not be less than $50,000.
(4) Inflation adjustment
(f) Carryover
(g) Direct payment
(h) Reporting
(1) Reports by systems
(2) Report by Secretary
(i) Data collection
(j) Training and technical assistance
(1) Grants
(2) Definition
(k) System authority
(l) Authorization of appropriations
(m) Definitions
In this section:
(1)
(2) Protection and advocacy system
(3) State
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1253, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIII, § 1305, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1141; amended Pub. L. 110–206, § 6(b), Apr. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 717; Pub. L. 113–196, § 4, Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2053; Pub. L. 115–377, § 4, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5114.)
§ 300d–54. Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program
(a) In general
(b) Activities
(1) In general
(2) Authorized initiativesThe authorized initiatives of the Program shall include—
(A) engaging stakeholders, including victims of human trafficking and Federal, State, local, and tribal partners, to develop a flexible training module—
(i) for supporting activities under subsection (c); and
(ii) that adapts to changing needs, settings, health care providers, and social service providers;
(B) providing technical assistance to grantees related to implementing activities described in subsection (c) and reporting on any best practices identified by the grantees;
(C) developing a reliable methodology for collecting data, and reporting such data, on the number of human trafficking victims identified and served by grantees in a manner that, at a minimum, prevents disclosure of individually identifiable information consistent with all applicable privacy laws and regulations; and
(D) integrating, as appropriate, the training described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (c) with training programs, in effect on December 31, 2018, for health care and social service providers for victims of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child maltreatment, and child sexual exploitation.
(c) GrantsThe Secretary may award grants to appropriate entities to train health care and social service providers to—
(1) identify potential human trafficking victims;
(2) implement best practices for working with law enforcement to report and facilitate communication with human trafficking victims, in accordance with all applicable Federal, State, local, and tribal laws, including legal confidentiality requirements for patients and health care and social service providers;
(3) implement best practices for referring such victims to appropriate health care, social, or victims service agencies or organizations; and
(4) provide such victims with coordinated, age-appropriate, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, patient-centered, and evidence-based care.
(d) Consideration in awarding grantsThe Secretary, in making awards under this section, shall give consideration to—
(1) geography;
(2) the demographics of the population to be served;
(3) the predominant types of human trafficking cases involved; and
(4) health care and social service provider profiles.
(e) Data collection and reporting
(1) In generalThe Secretary shall collect data and report on the following:
(A) The total number of entities that received a grant under this section.
(B) The total number and geographic distribution of health care and social service providers trained through the Program.
(2) Initial report
(3) Annual report
(f) Sharing best practices
(g) Definition
(h) Authorization of appropriations
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, §1254, as added Pub. L. 115–398, § 2, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5328.)