Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment Act” or the “Military SAVE Act”.
Military Sexual Assault Victims Empowerment Act
A BILL
To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to improve the private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault.
Sec. 2 Improvement of treatment for military sexual assault at non-Department facilities
Subsection (b) of section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—
in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting “except as provided by paragraph (2)(E),” before “as of”; and
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking “or”;
in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(E) is a victim of a military sexual trauma described in section 1720D(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, regardless of the date on which the veteran enrolls in the patient enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs established and operated under section 1705 of such title.”