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Gus Bilirakis: Mr. Chairman, the staff has, as they have in all of these amendments, reviewed this amendment, spent an awful lot of…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1999
Mr. Chairman, the staff has, as they have in all of these amendments, reviewed this amendment, spent an awful lot of time in many cases with the proposers' staffs. We have had an opportunity to review this particular amendment along with the others, which would require the director to include among the evidence-based clinical practices and health-care technologies promoted by the agency, the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault, the training of health professionals in performing medical evidentiary examinations of persons who are victims of sexual assault, and we are prepared to accept this very good amendment.
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Gus Bilirakis
Republican · Florida

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Discussing an amendment related to health care practices for victims of sexual assault.

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