[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 767 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                      December 20 (legislative day, December 19), 2018.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
767) entitled ``An Act to establish the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond 
to Health and Wellness Training pilot program to address human 
trafficking in the health care system.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
      following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to 
Health and Wellness Act of 2018'' or the ``SOAR to Health and Wellness 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.

    Part E of title XII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300d-51 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1254. STOP, OBSERVE, ASK, AND RESPOND TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS 
              TRAINING PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish a program to be 
known as the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness 
Training Program or the SOAR to Health and Wellness Training Program 
(in this section referred to as the `Program') to provide training to 
health care and social service providers on human trafficking in 
accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Program shall include the Stop, 
        Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training 
        Program's activities existing on the day before the date of 
        enactment of this section and the authorized initiatives 
        described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Authorized initiatives.--The authorized initiatives 
        of the Program shall include--
                    ``(A) engaging stakeholders, including victims of 
                human trafficking and Federal, State, local, and tribal 
                partners, to develop a flexible training module--
                            ``(i) for supporting activities under 
                        subsection (c); and
                            ``(ii) that adapts to changing needs, 
                        settings, health care providers, and social 
                        service providers;
                    ``(B) providing technical assistance to grantees 
                related to implementing activities described in 
                subsection (c) and reporting on any best practices 
                identified by the grantees;
                    ``(C) developing a reliable methodology for 
                collecting data, and reporting such data, on the number 
                of human trafficking victims identified and served by 
                grantees in a manner that, at a minimum, prevents 
                disclosure of individually identifiable information 
                consistent with all applicable privacy laws and 
                regulations; and
                    ``(D) integrating, as appropriate, the training 
                described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection 
                (c) with training programs, in effect on the date of 
                enactment of this section, for health care and social 
                service providers for victims of intimate partner 
                violence, sexual assault, stalking, child abuse, child 
                neglect, child maltreatment, and child sexual 
                exploitation.
    ``(c) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants to appropriate 
entities to train health care and social service providers to--
            ``(1) identify potential human trafficking victims;
            ``(2) implement best practices for working with law 
        enforcement to report and facilitate communication with human 
        trafficking victims, in accordance with all applicable Federal, 
        State, local, and tribal laws, including legal confidentiality 
        requirements for patients and health care and social service 
        providers;
            ``(3) implement best practices for referring such victims 
        to appropriate health care, social, or victims service agencies 
        or organizations; and
            ``(4) provide such victims with coordinated, age-
        appropriate, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, patient-
        centered, and evidence-based care.
    ``(d) Consideration in Awarding Grants.--The Secretary, in making 
awards under this section, shall give consideration to--
            ``(1) geography;
            ``(2) the demographics of the population to be served;
            ``(3) the predominant types of human trafficking cases 
        involved; and
            ``(4) health care and social service provider profiles.
    ``(e) Data Collection and Reporting.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall collect data and 
        report on the following:
                    ``(A) The total number of entities that received a 
                grant under this section.
                    ``(B) The total number and geographic distribution 
                of health care and social service providers trained 
                through the Program.
            ``(2) Initial report.--In addition to the data required to 
        be collected under paragraph (1), for purposes of the initial 
        report to be submitted under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall 
        collect data on the total number of facilities and health care 
        professional organizations that were operating under, and the 
        total number of health care and social service providers 
        trained through, the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health 
        and Wellness Training Program existing prior to the 
        establishment of the Program under this section.
            ``(3) Annual report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the 
        Secretary shall submit an annual report to Congress on the data 
        collected under this subsection in a manner that, at a minimum, 
        prevents the disclosure of individually identifiable 
        information consistent with all applicable privacy laws and 
        regulations.
    ``(f) Sharing Best Practices.--The Secretary shall make available, 
on the Internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
a description of the best practices and procedures used by entities 
that receive a grant for carrying out activities under this section.
    ``(g) Definition.--In this section, the term `human trafficking' 
has the meaning given the term `severe forms of trafficking in persons' 
as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act, $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2020 through 2024.''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                H.R. 767

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                               AMENDMENT