The funding has also allowed PCAR to
provide technical assistance to significantly strengthen the response to
victims of sexual violence in the U. Orie and Rafferty
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HARRISBURG, Pa. Last year, sexual assault centers
around the Commonwealth served approximately 38,000 people, nearly a third
of whom were children.

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Unless Congress reauthorizes VAWA,
it will expire on September 30 of this year.
"VAWA has achieved so much over the past 10 years to enhance justice and
community responses to violence against women," said Delilah Rumburg,
executive director , PCAR.auditorgen.

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The bipartisan Senate bill includes improving the response of the criminal
justice and legal systems; reauthorizing critical programs and developing new
services that respond to evolving community needs; creating programs that
focus on violence prevention and intervention; developing a comprehensive
approach for assisting children, teens and young adults who experience
violence; creating solutions to prevent victims and their children from
becoming homeless; closing the gap in the delivery of health care to domestic
violence and sexual assault survivors; highlighting the needs of communities
of color; and providing funding for rape crisis centers and other agencies to
provide advocacy services to victims of sexual assault.
Senator Orie chairs the Aging + Youth Committee, and Senator Rafferty
chairs the Law + Justice Committee.

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This funding is also allowing PCAR to develop a technical
assistance toolkit that will provide communities with information and
resources to assist them in developing and administering a Sexual Assault
Response Team in their community.
The news conference also featured a demonstration by a company that
currently offers GPS technology to track sex offenders.

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, Auditor General Jack Wagner sent a
letter Thursday to Estelle Richman, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department
of Public Welfare, recommending that she immediately discontinue providing
Viagra or other sexual-enhancement drugs to the state's 7,100 registered sex
offenders through the Commonwealth's Medicaid assistance program. Smith, Director of
the Dept. Smith's letter
for your review. Thank you for your prompt consideration and please let me
know if I can be of assistance.

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The senators want Pennsylvania to lead the way in continuing
this national effort. He is the Commonwealth's elected
independent fiscal watchdog, conducting both financial and performance audits.

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Initially passed and
signed into law by President Clinton in 1994 and reauthorized in 2000, VAWA is
a landmark piece of legislation that sought to improve criminal justice and
community-based responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault and stalking in the United States. "We thank Senators Biden, Hatch, Specter and their
co-sponsors for their commitment to ending violence against women and urge
Congress to strengthen and reauthorize VAWA.

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"VAWA funds have contributed significantly to the growth and development
of PCAR's mission," remarked Rumburg.S. Programs to support legal
assistance to sexual assault victims , rural funds to address the hidden
victims of sexual violence in rural areas, and campus-based programs are also
important programs contained in the bill.

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The measure would include a minimum of 25 years in prison for
anyone over 18 years of age who is convicted of sexually assaulting a child
under the age of 12, mandatory GPS monitoring for life, and a mandatory life
sentence for anyone convicted of a second offense.

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Members of Congress Reassert Their Commitment to Ending Violence Against Women

The bills are
intended to impose tougher penalties for sexual predators, provide more
comprehensive monitoring of sex offenders, and establish "predator alert
systems" to identify repeat offenders.

Following is the full text of his letter:

May 26, 2005

The Honorable Estelle Richman, Secretary
Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
333 Health and Welfare Building
Harrisburg, PA 17105

Dear Secretary Richman:

The potential for Pennsylvania sex offenders to obtain Viagra through the
state 's Medicaid program for indigent citizens threatens the safety of our
communities and is a gross abuse of taxpayer funds.
Previous performance audits conducted by the Department of the Auditor
General indicate that at least 7,100 registered sex offenders, including
sexually violent predators, reside in the Commonwealth.us.

Scholarly research and literature relating to sex offense typology, judicial and corrections policies, sex offender registries and treatment, articles, statistics and prevention topics.

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Territories. To contact your local sexual
violence crisis center call (888) 772-PCAR.

PA Auditor General Jack Wagner Recommends Immediate Discontinuation of Medicaid Viagra to 7 100 Sex Offenders

state.

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Rafferty said the package also includes measures to increase penalties for
child rape, establish Child Protection Zones, establish penalties for
harboring an unregistered sex offender and create forfeiture laws for those
convicted of sex offenses.
Under a statute in the federal Medicaid program, states are obligated to
prevent fraud, abuse, gross overuse or inappropriate or medically unnecessary
care among physicians, pharmacists and patients.

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House of Representatives is expected to introduce their version
of VAWA in the coming days. Since its inception in 1975, PCAR has been at the
forefront of the anti-sexual violence movement challenging public attitudes,
raising public awareness and effecting critical changes in public policy,
protocols and responses to sexual violence.
Orie, a former prosecutor and long-time child protection advocate, said
the legislation is part of a larger "Child Safety Act" she and Rafferty are
introducing that would create some of the toughest laws in the nation to
protect children from sexual assault and monitor sex offenders . To learn more about the Department of the Auditor General, taxpayers
are encouraged to visit the Auditor General's website at
http://www.

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The U., Mark Lunsford, father of Jessica
Lunsford , for whom Florida's "Jessica's Law" is named, joined Senators Jane
Orie (R-40) and John Rafferty (R-44) today at a news conference at the state
Capitol to push for a package of Child Safety legislation . Currently, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are
also considering instituting Jessica's Law .

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"Over the past 10 years, VAWA has
allowed us to develop new initiatives while providing a nearly indispensable
foundation for our work," remarked Rumburg.
Orie and Rafferty are acting as part of a nationwide campaign to implement
severe sanctions against sexual predators who prey on children under 12."
I encourage you to use this guidance from the Department of Health and
Human Services to immediately revise Pennsylvania's Medicaid prescription
guidelines and deny sexual-enhancement medications to the state's 7,100
registered sex offenders.

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The Violence Against Women Act of 2005 introduces the Sexual Assault
Services Act, the first funding that focuses exclusively on 24-hour emergency
and support services to victims of sexual violence.
For your convenience I am providing you with a copy of Mr.

Sincerely,

Jack Wagner
Auditor General

Auditor General Jack Wagner is responsible for ensuring that all state
money is spent legally and properly.

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According to the Pennsylvania State Police, there are over 7,100
registered sex offenders in the state.

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VAWA 2005 also continues the highly
successful Rape Prevention Education program that funds rape crisis centers
throughout the nation to educate communities with information on how to
prevent sexual violence and reduce the number of victims of this incredibly
traumatic crime. HARRISBURG, Pa.
The Department of the Auditor General produces more than 5 ,500 audits per
year.

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"Through reauthorization, Congress has the opportunity to continue
enhancing programs to not only meet the needs of survivors and their families,
but to prevent violence against women," said Rumburg.S.
Orie and Rafferty also announced legislation to create Jessica's Law in
Pennsylvania.

A state can find that the use
of certain drugs and the treatment of impotence for such individuals could
constitute fraud, abuse, or inappropriate use.

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VAWA funding supports PCAR's efforts to coordinate victim services within
Pennsylvania as well as collaborate with other federal, state, and local
entities to respond to violence against women issues affecting their
jurisdictions. Children under 12 account for 34 percent of all
sexual assaults. of Health and Human Services' Center for Medicaid and Medicaid
Services, "the use of [sexual enhancement] drugs in the case of a sex offender
is inappropriate and Medicaid should not pay the cost of such drugs in such
circumstances."
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Senators
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Arlen Specter (R-PA) introduced
the bill along with co-sponsors Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mike DeWine (R-OH ), Herb
Kohl (D-WI), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Barbara Boxer (D-
CA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Charles Schumer (D-NY).
After the kidnapping and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford by a convicted
sex offender who lived nearby, Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed similar
legislation .

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Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape Lauds Bipartisan Group of Senators as They
Introduce the Violence Against Women Act 2005

WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
(PCAR) thanked a bipartisan group of senators today for introducing
legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
PCAR is an organization working at the state and national levels to
prevent sexual violence.
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PA Senators Introduce `Jessica's Law' Legislation at Capitol News Conference with Jessica's Father Mark Lunsford

Child Safety Act Sponsored by Sens. Smith added, "[S]tates should use their drug-use review program and
procedures under 1927 (g) of the Social Security Act and work with physicians
and pharmacists to prevent inappropriate Medicaid payment for such drugs in
the case of a sex offender.