HR 1669 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.

changes in existing law made by 
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 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

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TITLE XII--TRAUMA CARE

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Part E--Miscellaneous Programs

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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] fiscal years 2026 through 
2030.

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