,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acfe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ae1     
#bjag,ms4 ,warren 7for herself and ,ms4 
,collins7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to include victims of acts of  
terror in the evaluation and treatment  
of veterans and civilians at military   
treatment facilities1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,jessica ,kensky and
 ,patrick ,downes ,act4  #b4 ,inclusion 
of victims of acts of terror in         
evaluation and treatment of veterans and
 civilians at military treatment        
facilities ,section #gag of the         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjag 7,public ,law   
#aad-cbh2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajga note7 is  
amended--  7#a7 in the section heading1 
by inserting 1 including victims of acts
 of terror1 after civilians2  7#b7 in   

subsection 7a71 in the matter preceding 
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting 1 including
 a victim of an act of terror1 after    
civilian2 and  7#c7 by striking         
subsection 7d7 and inserting the        
following new subsections3  7d7         
,procedures after acts of terror  7#a7  
,procedures ,not later than #bgj days   
after the date of the enactment of the  
,jessica ,kensky and ,patrick ,downes   
,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall1 
in consultation with the ,secretary of  
,homeland ,security1 the ,secretary of  
,health and ,human ,services1 and the   
heads of such other ,federal agencies as
 the ,secretary of ,defense considers   
appropriate1 establish procedures to    
implement subsection 7a7 with respect to
 victims of acts of terror1 which shall 
include the following3  7,a7 ,procedures
 for the conduct of timely outreach and 
communication to local medical          
facilities after an act of terror in the
 ,united ,states4  7,b7 ,procedures to  
promptly contact1 coordinate1 and       

provide medical expertise to local      
medical facilities that are treating    
victims of an act of terror that caused 
blast related injuries1 mass shooting   
related injuries1 burn related injuries1
 or other serious injuries4  7,c7       
,procedures for the provision of medical
 evaluations for victims of an act of   
terror who were exposed to such         
injuries4  7#b7 ,release to private     
sector health care provider ,the        
,secretary may not release a victim of  
an act of terror who is receiving care  
under subsection 7a7 to a health care   
provider in the private sector until a  
comprehensive treatment plan is         
communicated to the individual or a     
health care provider of the individual4 
7#c7 ,reports ,not later than #ahj days 
after an act of terror that results in  
civilians being evaluated and treated at
 a military treatment facility under    
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of       
,defense shall submit to the ,committees
 on ,armed ,services of the ,senate and 

the ,house of ,representatives a report 
that includes--  7,a7 the number of     
victims of the act of terror who are    
receiving treatment at a military       
treatment facility2  7,b7 a list of the 
types of injuries being treated2 and    
7,c7 such recommendations to improve the
 procedures established under paragraph 
7#a7 as the ,secretary considers        
appropriate4  7e7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,act of terror ,the term  
act of terror means an act of domestic  
terrorism or international terrorism1 as
 those terms are defined in section     
#bcca of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code4  7#b7 ,covered beneficiary ,the  
term covered beneficiary has the meaning
 given that term in section #ajgb of    
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 
,victim ,the term victim1 with respect  
to an act of terror1 means an individual
 who suffered physical injury as a      
direct result of the act of terror4  4