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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5411 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 

Mrs. ELLMERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trafficking Awareness 

5 Training for Health Care Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES. 

2 (a) GRANT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRAC3 TICES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

5 acting through the Administrator of the Agency for 

6 Healthcare Research and Quality, shall award, on a com7 petitive basis, a grant to an eligible school under which 

8 such school will— 

9 (1) not later than 6 months after receipt of the 

10 award, develop best practices for health care profes11 sionals— 

12 (A) to recognize victims of a severe form of 

13 trafficking; and 

14 (B) to respond appropriately to such indi15 viduals; 

16 (2) in developing best practices under para17 graph (1), survey, analyze, and evaluate existing 

18 best practices that foster the practice of interprofes19 sional collaboration, including those used by indus20 tries other than the health care industry, to deter21 mine the extent to which such existing best practices 

22 may be adapted for use as part of the best practices 

23 under paragraph (1); 

24 (3) develop curricula, training modules, or ma25 terials to train health care professionals on the best 

26 practices developed under paragraph (1); 


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1 (4) not later than 12 months after the receipt 

2 of the award, make a subgrant to one entity in each 

3 of the 10 administrative regions of the Department 

4 of Health and Human Services— 

5 (A) to design, implement, and evaluate a 

6 pilot program using the best practices developed 

7 under paragraph (1) and the curricula, training 

8 modules, or materials developed under para9 graph (3); 

10 (B) to conduct the pilot program at one or 

11 more eligible sites within the respective region, 

12 which may include an eligible site that is a 

13 school-based health center; and 

14 (C) to complete the implementation and 

15 evaluation of such pilot program with a period 

16 of 6 months; 

17 (5) not later than 24 months after the receipt 

18 of the award, analyze the results of the pilot pro19 grams conducted through subgrants under para20 graph (4), including analyzing— 

21 (A) changes in the acquired skills, knowl22 edge, and attitude of health care professionals 

23 resulting from the implementation of the pro24 grams; 


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1 (B) the number of victims of a severe form 

2 of trafficking who are recognized under the pro3 grams; 

4 (C) of those recognized, the number who 

5 received information or referrals for services of6 fered through the programs; and 

7 (D) of those who received such information 

8 or referrals— 

9 (i) the number who participated in 

10 followup services; and 

11 (ii) the type of followup services re12 ceived; 

13 (6) determine, using the results of the analysis 

14 under paragraph (5), the extent to which the best 

15 practices developed under paragraph (1) are evi16 dence-based; and 

17 (7) submit a comprehensive assessment of the 

18 pilot programs conducted through subgrants under 

19 paragraph (4) to the Secretary of Health and 

20 Human Services, including an identification of— 

21 (A) the best practices that are determined 

22 pursuant to paragraph (6) to be evidence-based; 

23 and 

24 (B) the best practices that are determined 

25 pursuant to such paragraph to require further 


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1 review in order to determine whether they are 

2 evidence-based. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—The best practices developed 

4 through the grant awarded under subsection (a)— 

5 (1) shall address— 

6 (A) indicators to recognize victims of a se7 vere form of trafficking; 

8 (B) application of Federal and State law 

9 with respect to victims of a severe form of traf10 ficking; 

11 (C) patient safety and security, including 

12 the requirements of HIPAA privacy and secu13 rity law as applied to victims of a severe form 

14 of trafficking; 

15 (D) the management of medical records of 

16 patients who are victims of a severe form of 

17 trafficking; 

18 (E) public and private social services avail19 able for rescue, food, clothing, and shelter refer20 rals; 

21 (F) the hotlines for reporting human traf22 ficking maintained by the National Human 

23 Trafficking Resource Center and the Depart24 ment of Homeland Security; and 


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1 (G) assessment tools for the identification 

2 of victims of a severe form of trafficking; and 

3 (2) shall not address patient medical treatment. 

4 (c) DISSEMINATION.—Not later than 24 months after 

5 the award of a grant to a school under subsection (a), 

6 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 

7 through the Administrator of the Agency for Healthcare 

8 Research and Quality, shall— 

9 (1) post on the public website of the Depart10 ment of Health and Human Services the best prac11 tices that are identified by the school under subpara12 graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(7); and 

13 (2) disseminate to health care profession 

14 schools the best practices identified by the school 

15 under subsection (a)(7)(A) and evaluation results. 

16 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

18 (1) The term ‘‘health care professional’’ means 

19 a person employed by a health care provider who 

20 provides to patients information (including informa21 tion not related to medical treatment), scheduling, 

22 services, or referrals. 

23 (2) The term ‘‘HIPAA privacy and security 

24 law’’ has the meaning given to such term in section 


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1 3009 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 300jj–19). 

3 (3) The term ‘‘victim of a severe form of traf4 ficking’’ has the meaning given to such term in sec5 tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

6 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

7 (4) The term ‘‘eligible school’’ means an accred8 ited school of medicine or nursing with experience in 

9 the study or treatment of victims of a severe form 

10 of trafficking. 

11 (5) The term ‘‘eligible site’’ means a health cen12 ter that is receiving assistance under section 330, 

13 399Z–1, or 1001 of the Public Health Service Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 254b, 300). 

15 SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA16 TIONS. 

17 No additional funds are authorized to be appro18 priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 

19 by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 

20 carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 

21 purpose. 

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