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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 evi-
dence-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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trafficking Awareness 
Training for Health Care Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES. 
(a) GRANT
FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF BEST PRAC-
TICES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Administrator of the Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, shall award, on a com-
petitive basis, a grant to an eligible school under which 
such school will— 
(1) not later than 6 months after receipt of the 
award, develop best practices for health care profes-
sionals— 
(A) to recognize victims of a severe form of 
trafficking; and 
(B) to respond appropriately to such indi-
viduals; 
(2) in developing best practices under para-
graph (1), survey, analyze, and evaluate existing 
best practices that foster the practice of interprofes-
sional collaboration, including those used by indus-
tries other than the health care industry, to deter-
mine the extent to which such existing best practices 
may be adapted for use as part of the best practices 
under paragraph (1); 
(3) develop curricula, training modules, or ma-
terials to train health care professionals on the best 
practices developed under paragraph (1); 
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(4) not later than 12 months after the receipt 
of the award, make a subgrant to one entity in each 
of the 10 administrative regions of the Department 
of Health and Human Services— 
(A) to design, implement, and evaluate a 
pilot program using the best practices developed 
under paragraph (1) and the curricula, training 
modules, or materials developed under para-
graph (3); 
(B) 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 
(C) to complete the implementation and 
evaluation of such pilot program with a period 
of 6 months; 
(5) not later than 24 months after the receipt 
of the award, analyze the results of the pilot pro-
grams conducted through subgrants under para-
graph (4), including analyzing— 
(A) changes in the acquired skills, knowl-
edge, and attitude of health care professionals 
resulting from the implementation of the pro-
grams; 
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(B) the number of victims of a severe form 
of trafficking who are recognized under the pro-
grams; 
(C) of those recognized, the number who 
received information or referrals for services of-
fered through the programs; and 
(D) of those who received such information 
or referrals— 
(i) the number who participated in 
followup services; and 
(ii) the type of followup services re-
ceived; 
(6) determine, using the results of the analysis 
under paragraph (5), the extent to which the best 
practices developed under paragraph (1) are evi-
dence-based; and 
(7) submit a comprehensive assessment of the 
pilot programs conducted through subgrants under 
paragraph (4) to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, including an identification of— 
(A) the best practices that are determined 
pursuant to paragraph (6) to be evidence-based; 
and 
(B) the best practices that are determined 
pursuant to such paragraph to require further 
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review in order to determine whether they are 
evidence-based. 
(b) 
CONTENTS.—The 
best 
practices 
developed 
through the grant awarded under subsection (a)— 
(1) shall address— 
(A) indicators to recognize victims of a se-
vere form of trafficking; 
(B) application of Federal and State law 
with respect to victims of a severe form of traf-
ficking; 
(C) patient safety and security, including 
the requirements of HIPAA privacy and secu-
rity law as applied to victims of a severe form 
of trafficking; 
(D) the management of medical records of 
patients who are victims of a severe form of 
trafficking; 
(E) public and private social services avail-
able for rescue, food, clothing, and shelter refer-
rals; 
(F) the hotlines for reporting human traf-
ficking maintained by the National Human 
Trafficking Resource Center and the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security; and 
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(G) assessment tools for the identification 
of victims of a severe form of trafficking; and 
(2) shall not address patient medical treatment. 
(c) DISSEMINATION.—Not later than 24 months after 
the award of a grant to a school under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Administrator of the Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality, shall— 
(1) post on the public website of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services the best prac-
tices that are identified by the school under subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(7); and 
(2) disseminate to health care profession 
schools the best practices identified by the school 
under subsection (a)(7)(A) and evaluation results. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘health care professional’’ means 
a person employed by a health care provider who 
provides to patients information (including informa-
tion not related to medical treatment), scheduling, 
services, or referrals. 
(2) The term ‘‘HIPAA privacy and security 
law’’ has the meaning given to such term in section 
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3009 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300jj–19). 
(3) The term ‘‘victim of a severe form of traf-
ficking’’ has the meaning given to such term in sec-
tion 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 
(4) The term ‘‘eligible school’’ means an accred-
ited school of medicine or nursing with experience in 
the study or treatment of victims of a severe form 
of trafficking. 
(5) The term ‘‘eligible site’’ means a health cen-
ter that is receiving assistance under section 330, 
399Z–1, or 1001 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254b, 300). 
SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose. 
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