Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

3.0.0 398 2023-01-11T13:29:06Z 2023-01-11T13:29:06Z House HR 2015-01-16 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 8 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. ELLMERS:H.R. 398.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of theU.S. Constitution gives Congress the power ``to regulatecommerce with foreign nations, and among the several states,and with the Indian tribes.''[Page H412]]]> sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-28T17:12:05Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-01-23T18:14:35Z Referred to 2015-01-16T21:01:35Z Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 114 205 S 2015-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2015-01-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-01-27 16:41:18 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2015-01-27 16:41:16 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H618) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2015-01-27 16:41:16 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H618) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-27 16:27:14 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 398. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2015-01-27 16:27:13 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H618-620) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2015-01-27 16:27:00 Mrs. Ellmers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2015-01-23 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-01-16 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-01-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000291 Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] Renee Ellmers R NC L. 2 N W000797 Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL 23 2015-01-16 True K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2015-01-27 False S001191 Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 9 2015-01-27 False B001293 Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8] Mike Bishop R MI 8 2015-01-27 False M001197 Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] Martha McSally R AZ 2 2015-01-27 False H001056 Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] Jaime Herrera Beutler R WA 3 2015-01-27 False Health Crime victims Criminal justice information and records Education programs funding Government information and archives Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Human trafficking Lawyers and legal services Medical education Nursing Right of privacy Teaching, teachers, curricula Health

00 2015-01-16 Introduced in House 2015-01-30T18:10:11Z Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to award one medical or nursing school a grant to develop best practices for health care professionals to recognize and respond appropriately to victims of severe forms of human trafficking.

Requires the grantee to: (1) develop methods or materials to train health care professionals on best practices, (2) make a subgrant to one entity in each of the 10 administrative regions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a pilot program to test the best practices and training, and (3) analyze the results of the pilot programs and determine which best practices are evidence-based.

Directs HHS to disseminate evidence-based best practices on their website and to health care profession schools.]]>

81 2015-01-27 Passed House without amendment 2015-01-30T20:01:27Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to award one medical or nursing school a grant to develop best practices for health care professionals to recognize and respond appropriately to victims of severe forms of human trafficking.

Directs HHS to disseminate evidence-based best practices on their website and to health care profession schools.]]>

Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 Display Title Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To provide for the development and dissemination of evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 Referred in Senate 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr398rfs/xml/BILLS-114hr398rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr398eh/xml/BILLS-114hr398eh.xml Introduced in House 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr398ih/xml/BILLS-114hr398ih.xml 2015-01-28 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.