United States 114th Congress Status: Died 1 R cosponsors

S 205 — Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

Last action — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Summary

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.

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Action History

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 546 not signed on

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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
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Frequently asked questions

What does S 205 do?
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.
Who sponsors S 205?
S 205 is sponsored by Bill Cassidy (R).
What is the current status of S 205?
This bill died with 114th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track S 205?
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