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This bill aims to establish a demonstration program to improve how healthcare providers and other professionals handle domestic violence cases by creating a competitive grant program administered by the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The program would provide funding to eligible healthcare facilities to train "covered individuals" (such as healthcare workers, school administrators, and emergency services employees) in trauma-informed, victim-centered techniques for identifying and responding to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Grant recipients would be required to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate training that helps professionals understand complex cases involving different victim populations, including those involving alcohol/drug facilitation, strangulation, same-sex relationships, victims with disabilities, male victims, and LGBTQ+ victims. The bill mandates that grant recipients work with mandatory partner victim services organizations and conduct periodic evaluations of their training programs. The legislation authorizes $10 million annually from fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to support these efforts, and requires a Government Accountability Office report within three years to assess the program's implementation. The ultimate goal is to prevent re-traumatization and improve professional responses to domestic violence across various community settings.

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