{"id":82039,"date":"2025-04-17T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/04\/17\/dod-stops-offering-rape-kits-to-most-overseas-civilian-workers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:20:56","slug":"dod-stops-offering-rape-kits-to-most-overseas-civilian-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2025\/04\/17\/dod-stops-offering-rape-kits-to-most-overseas-civilian-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"DOD stops offering rape kits to most overseas civilian workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Health Agency must stop providing certain sexual assault resources for civilian workers and contractors overseas, a new Defense Department memo ordered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapr.mil\/sites\/default\/files\/public\/docs\/policy\/OSDHA_Memo_Clarification_Provision_of_SAFE.pdf\">memo<\/a> \u2014 signed March 13 by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Stephen L. Ferrara \u2014 said that extending rape test kits to individuals who aren\u2019t eligible for care within the Military Health System, or MHS, doesn\u2019t comply with DOD policy and will be discontinued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnly Active-duty Service members, and their dependents are eligible to receive forensic healthcare examinations, including sexual assault forensic examinations,\u201d the memo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Defense Department rules, civilian workers and contractors operating outside the United States are allowed to receive limited emergency services in specific situations, including treatment that is time-sensitive. The Pentagon defines those services as \u201ctriage and assessment\u201d for symptoms related to \u201cinterpersonal violence,\u201d as well as care for situations where their life, limb or eyesight is in danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While rape test kits had been included in the services offered to civilian workers and contractors, that\u2019s no longer the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cForensic healthcare examination or follow-up care is not included in the definition on limited emergency services,\u201d the memo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memo asked that all rape test kits for civilian workers that were collected between Oct. 1, 2019, and March 13, 2025, be tallied and located. 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Her lawyers maintain that rape does not belong on a list of job risks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retirees who are eligible for Military Health System medical care may still receive testing for sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, according to the memo, but they are not eligible to report rape or sexual assault through the MHS or receive advocacy services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any military medical treatment facilities assisting retirees in cases of rape or sexual assault are instructed to pass individuals off to civilian facilities and or law enforcement agencies, the memo reads. A retiree who prefers to have evidence collected at a military medical treatment facility may do so, but those kits must then be turned over to civilian law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memo specifically instructs military medical treatment facilities to develop a process through which non-beneficiaries of the Military Health System can be guided to other treatment centers \u2014 at their own expense \u2014 where they can receive a forensic healthcare examination, which may include a rape test kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sexual assault victims who are eligible for the Military Health System must make a formal report of the assault to the Defense Department in order to receive a rape test kit, the memo says. 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