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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 3121
To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand trauma-informed training
for law enforcement personnel and emergency medical technicians related
to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking cases,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL30, 2025
Ms. S
CHAKOWSKY(for herself, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. JOHNSONof Geor-
gia, Mrs. D
INGELL, and Ms. ROSS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand trauma-
informed training for law enforcement personnel and
emergency medical technicians related to sexual assault,
domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking cases,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anna’s Law of 2025’’. 4
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SEC. 2. EXPANDING TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINING FOR 1
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND EMER-2
GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS RELATED TO 3
SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES. 4
Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 5
(42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the 6
end the following: 7
‘‘SEC. 553. EXPANDING TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINING FOR 8
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND EMER-9
GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS RELATED TO 10
SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES. 11
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants 12
to eligible entities to establish and expand training for law 13
enforcement personnel and emergency medical techni-14
cians— 15
‘‘(1) to increase understanding and awareness 16
of the impact of trauma in sexual assault cases; and 17
‘‘(2) to develop and implement strategies for 18
trauma-informed responses and policies in such 19
cases. 20
‘‘(b) P
ERIOD OFGRANTS.—The period of a grant 21
under this section shall be 1 year. 22
‘‘(c) T
RAININGDESCRIBED.—The training funded 23
pursuant to subsection (a) shall— 24
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‘‘(1) be trauma-informed, evidence-based or 1
demonstrate promising practices and policies, and 2
victim-centered; 3
‘‘(2) focus on the circumstances of individuals 4
who— 5
‘‘(A) have experienced sexual assault or 6
other sexual violence, domestic violence, dating 7
violence, or stalking; and 8
‘‘(B) have dealt with related trauma in 9
interacting with law enforcement personnel and 10
emergency medical technicians; and 11
‘‘(3) include training on— 12
‘‘(A) identifying the impact of trauma on 13
the brain and behavior 14
‘‘(B) how contact with law enforcement 15
personnel and emergency medical technicians 16
can cause or lead to retraumatization of sexual 17
assault victims; 18
‘‘(C) recognizing how the impact of trauma 19
can influence interactions with law enforcement 20
personnel and emergency medical technicians; 21
‘‘(D) identifying tools and strategies to 22
navigate trauma challenges when interacting 23
with survivors of sexual assault, domestic vio-24
lence, dating violence, and stalking; 25
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‘‘(E) communicating with survivors in a 1
trauma-informed manner; and 2
‘‘(F) how law enforcement personnel and 3
emergency medical technicians can best support 4
victims of sexual assault or other sexual vio-5
lence during their interactions with law enforce-6
ment. 7
‘‘(d) T
RAINERLISTING.—The Secretary shall main-8
tain and make available online— 9
‘‘(1) a listing of trainers who provide training 10
described in subsection (c); and 11
‘‘(2) make such listing searchable according to 12
the trainer’s— 13
‘‘(A) geographic area; and 14
‘‘(B) professional background. 15
‘‘(e) D
IVERSITYAMONGTRAINERS.—As a condition 16
on receipt of a grant under this section, an eligible entity 17
shall strive to provide the training funded through the 18
grant by trainers with— 19
‘‘(1) diverse professional backgrounds; and 20
‘‘(2) inclusive racial, ethnic, and gender rep-21
resentation. 22
‘‘(f) R
EQUIREDNUMBER OFTRAININGHOURS.—As 23
a condition on receipt of a grant under this section, an 24
eligible entity shall agree to require— 25
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‘‘(1) individuals enrolled in a law enforcement 1
academy (or other initial training for law enforce-2
ment personnel) fire academy (or other initial train-3
ing for fire fighters), and emergency medical services 4
(or other initial training for emergency medical tech-5
nicians) of such agencies to receive training de-6
scribed in subsection (c) for at least eight hours; and 7
‘‘(2) all other law enforcement personnel and 8
emergency medical technicians of such agencies to 9
receive training described in subsection (c) for at 10
least four hours annually. 11
‘‘(g) R
EPORTS TOCONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 12
collect data and submit annual reports to the Congress 13
on the grant program under this section. Each such report 14
shall include— 15
‘‘(1) the number of eligible entities receiving 16
grants under this section; 17
‘‘(2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of such 18
grants in improving trauma-informed training for 19
law enforcement personnel and emergency medical 20
technicians for sexual assault cases; 21
‘‘(3) the prosecution of such cases and out-22
comes of such prosecution; and 23
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‘‘(4) survivor feedback on their experiences with 1
law enforcement personnel and emergency medical 2
technicians. 3
‘‘(h) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
‘‘(1) The term ‘eligible entity’ means— 5
‘‘(A) a State, Tribal, or local law enforce-6
ment agency; and 7
‘‘(B) a State or local agency overseeing 8
emergency medical services. 9
‘‘(2) The term ‘trauma-informed’ means— 10
‘‘(A) an understanding of the neurological, 11
biological, psychological, and social effects of 12
trauma and violence on an individual; and 13
‘‘(B) an understanding of the environment, 14
practices, policies, and infrastructure that may 15
need to be modified to address the prevalence of 16
trauma and its impacts.’’. 17
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