Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-398
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: 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

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: 

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.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

 
(Sec. 2) 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.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H618)
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H618)
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 398.
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H618-620)
action_date: 2015-01-27
text: Mrs. Ellmers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2015-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-16
text: Introduced in House