[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1391-S1392]
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SA 278. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Peters) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 178, to provide
justice for the victims of trafficking; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
TITLE __--TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE
SEC. __01. TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE.
(a) Development of Best Practices.--
(1) Grant for development of best practices.--Not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
and in consultation with the Administrator of the Health
Resources and Services Administration, shall award, on a
competitive basis, a grant to an eligible school under which
such school will--
(A) not later than 6 months after receipt of the award,
develop best practices for health care professionals--
(i) to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking;
and
(ii) to respond appropriately to such individuals;
(B) in developing best practices under subparagraph (A),
survey, analyze, and evaluate, in consultation with law
enforcement personnel, social service providers, and other
experts in the field of human trafficking, existing best
practices that foster the practice of interprofessional
collaboration, including those used by industries other than
the health care industry, to determine the extent to which
such existing best practices may be adapted for use as part
of the best practices under subparagraph (A);
(C) develop curricula, training modules, or materials to
train health care professionals on the best practices
developed under subparagraph (A);
(D) not later than 12 months after the receipt of the
award, make a subgrant to one entity located near an
established anti-human trafficking task force initiative in
each of the 10 administrative regions of the Department of
Health and Human Services--
(i) to design, implement, and evaluate a pilot program
using the best practices developed under subparagraph (A) and
the curricula, training modules, or materials developed under
subparagraph (C);
(ii) to conduct the pilot program at one or more eligible
sites within the respective region, which may include an
eligible site that is a school-based health center; and
(iii) to complete the implementation and evaluation of such
pilot program within a period of 6 months;
(E) not later than 24 months after the receipt of the
award, analyze the results of the pilot programs conducted
through subgrants under subparagraph (D), including
analyzing--
(i) changes in the skills, knowledge, and attitude of
health care professionals resulting from the implementation
of the programs;
(ii) the number of victims of a severe form of trafficking
who are recognized under the programs;
(iii) of those recognized, the number who received
information or referrals for services offered through the
programs; and
(iv) of those who received such information or referrals--
(I) the number who participated in followup services; and
(II) the type of followup services received;
(F) determine, using the results of the analysis under
subparagraph (E), the extent to which the best practices
developed under subparagraph (A) are evidence-based; and
(G) submit a comprehensive assessment of the pilot programs
conducted through subgrants under subparagraph (D) to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, including an
identification of--
(i) the best practices that are determined pursuant to
subparagraph (F) to be evidence-based; and
(ii) the best practices that are determined pursuant to
such paragraph to require further review in order to
determine whether they are evidence-based.
(2) Contents.--The best practices developed through the
grant awarded under paragraph (1)--
(A) shall address--
(i) risk factors and indicators to recognize victims of a
severe form of trafficking;
(ii) application of Federal and State law, including
reporting requirements, with respect to victims of a severe
form of trafficking;
(iii) patient safety and security, including the
requirements of HIPAA privacy and security law as applied to
victims of a severe form of trafficking;
(iv) the management of medical records of patients who are
victims of a severe form of trafficking;
(v) public and private social services available for
rescue, food, clothing, and shelter referrals;
(vi) the hotlines for reporting human trafficking
maintained by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center
and the Department of Homeland Security;
(vii) validated assessment tools for the identification of
victims of a severe form of trafficking; and
(viii) referral options and procedures for sharing
information on human trafficking with a patient and making
referrals for legal and social service assistance related to
human trafficking when indicated and appropriate; and
(B) shall not address patient medical treatment.
(3) Dissemination.--Not later than 24 months after the
award of a grant to a school under paragraph (1), the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the
Administrator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, shall--
(A) post on the public website of the Department of Health
and Human Services the best practices that are identified by
the school under clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(G);
and
(B) disseminate to health care profession schools the best
practices identified by the school under paragraph (1)(G)(i)
and evaluation results.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``eligible site'' means a health center that
is receiving assistance under section 330, 399Z-1, or 1001 of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b, 300).
(2) The term ``eligible school'' means an accredited school
of medicine or nursing with experience in the study or
treatment of victims of a severe form of trafficking.
(3) The term ``health care professional'' means a person
employed by a health care provider who provides to patients
information (including information not related to medical
treatment), scheduling, services, or referrals.
(4) The term ``HIPAA privacy and security law'' has the
meaning given to such term in section 3009 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj-19).
(5) The term ``victim of a severe form of trafficking'' has
the meaning given to such term in section 103 of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).
(c) No Additional Authorization of Appropriations.--No
additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section, and this section shall be carried out
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using amounts otherwise available for such purpose.
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