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AZ HM2002

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Status

Introduced

2/6/2020

Primary Sponsor

Richard Andrade

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress to support survivors of military sexual assault through funding and gender-specific health transition training.

  • Requests Congress provide funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs for outreach to servicemembers separating from the armed forces regarding available services.

  • Calls for continued funding to modernize Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health records systems.

  • Notes that military sexual assault remains underreported despite reporting rates quadrupling over the past decade, with most survivors aged 17-24.

  • 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

Full Bill Text

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