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AZ HM2002
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Status
2/6/2020
Primary Sponsor
Richard Andrade
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to support survivors of military sexual assault through funding and gender-specific health transition training.
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Requests Congress provide funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs for outreach to servicemembers separating from the armed forces regarding available services.
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Calls for continued funding to modernize Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health records systems.
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Notes that military sexual assault remains underreported despite reporting rates quadrupling over the past decade, with most survivors aged 17-24.
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Asserts that servicemembers who honorably served should receive earned services to assist with trauma from military sexual assault.
Legislative Description
Military sexual trauma; servicemembers
Last Action
House MVA Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (7-0-0-0-0-0)
2/17/2020