42 U.S.C. § 280b–1a — Interpersonal violence within families and among acquaintances

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 103-183 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 269 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets the CDC Director run programs against violence among family members and acquaintances. It funds data collection, research, public education, and provider training. It defines that violence to include domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, and similar acts.

(a) The Secretary, through the CDC Director, runs programs on interpersonal violence within families and among acquaintances, under the authority of sections 280b and 280b–0. This includes: (1) Collecting data on how often this violence happens. (2) Giving grants to public and nonprofit groups to evaluate programs that try to prevent this violence, including demonstration projects funded under (6). (3) Giving grants for research into strategies that work to prevent this violence. (4) Giving the public information and education about this violence, including education about its public health effects. (5) Training health care providers to: (A) Spot patients whose medical condition or words show they are victims of this violence. (B) Routinely check, during exams, whether a patient's condition or words show this. (C) Refer identified victims to services like counseling, housing, legal help, and community organizations. (6) Giving grants to public and nonprofit groups for demonstration projects on this violence, including prevention projects. (b) In this part, "interpersonal violence within families and among acquaintances" means domestic violence, sexual assault, spousal abuse, woman battering, partner abuse, elder abuse, and acquaintance rape.

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(a)

With respect to activities that are authorized in sections 280b and 280b–0 of this title, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall carry out such activities with respect to interpersonal violence within families and among acquaintances. Activities authorized in the preceding sentence include the following:

(1)

Collecting data relating to the incidence of such violence.

(2)

Making grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the evaluation of programs whose purpose is to prevent such violence, including the evaluation of demonstration projects under paragraph (6).

(3)

Making grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the conduct of research on identifying effective strategies for preventing such violence.

(4)

Providing to the public information and education on such violence, including information and education to increase awareness of the public health consequences of such violence.

(5)

Training health care providers as follows:

(A)

To identify individuals whose medical conditions or statements indicate that the individuals are victims of such violence.

(B)

To routinely determine, in examining patients, whether the medical conditions or statements of the patients so indicate.

(C)

To refer individuals so identified to entities that provide services regarding such violence, including referrals for counseling, housing, legal services, and services of community organizations.

(6)

Making grants to public and nonprofit private entities for demonstration projects with respect to such violence, including with respect to prevention.

(b)

For purposes of this part, the term “interpersonal violence within families and among acquaintances” includes behavior commonly referred to as domestic violence, sexual assault, spousal abuse, woman battering, partner abuse, elder abuse, and acquaintance rape.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 393, as added Pub. L. 103–183, title II, § 201(2), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2231.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 103-183 · 107 Stat. 2231

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