Bill · H.R. 4510· House(119-HR-4510)
Healing Partnerships for Survivors Act
- Introduced
- 7/17/2025
- Last activity
- 7/17/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Sponsored by
- Teresa Leger Fernandez
- Cosponsors
- - 9 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Healing Partnerships for Survivors Act aims to amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. The bill authorizes grants to strengthen the relationships between health, wellness, and behavioral health providers and community-based sexual assault programs. These partnerships are intended to support survivors of sexual assault across their entire lifespan. Eligible entities include state, territorial, or tribal coalitions, as well as certain nonprofit community-based organizations and Indian tribes. The legislation also provides for technical assistance and training to help implement these programs.
Yes· 3 of 11
Would Native Americans be better off under this?+6
The bill specifically identifies Indian tribes and tribal organizations as eligible entities for grants.
Does this make mental health care easier to get?+6
The bill authorizes grants to strengthen partnerships with behavioral health programs to support sexual assault survivors.
Would women be better off under this?+5
The bill strengthens support systems, such as sexual assault programs, that disproportionately serve women.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Support Systems: The bill seeks to develop and implement partnerships between health providers and sexual assault programs to improve the comprehensive response to the health and well-being of survivors (Section 2(a)(1), Section 2(a)(4)(A)).
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Lifespan-Specific Support: Programs can address the needs of survivors across their entire lifespan, including providing support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse or sexual assault while they receive health care or substance-use treatment services (Section 2(a)(4)(A), Section 2(a)(4)(B)(ii)).
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Diverse Service Offerings: Survivors may have access to various services such as prevention, screening, linkages to care, treatment, therapy, support groups, holistic healing, somatic approaches, substance-use services, temporary housing assistance, and personal advocacy (Section 2(a)(4)(B)(i)).
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Culturally Relevant Care: The bill encourages the development of trauma-informed and culturally relevant or specific health and wellness modalities and partnerships (Section 2(a)(4)(A), Section 2(a)(4)(B)(iv)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Privacy and Safety Risks: While the bill mandates that programs must protect victim privacy, confidentiality, and safety in compliance with requirements, any program involving the handling of sensitive information carries the necessity of strictly adhering to these rules to prevent harm (Section 2(a)(6)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Native Americans+6Good For Women+5Good For Middle Aged+4Good For People With Disabilities+4Good For Seniors+4Good For Young Adults+4Good For Children+3Good For Low Income Households+3
- Healthcare
- Improves Mental Health Access+6Improves Healthcare Access+5
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Poverty Reduction+2
- 10/21/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 10/3/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 9/3/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 8/12/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 8/1/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 7/23/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/21/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 7/17/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
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