Sec. 10. Training for health professionals
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Section 107 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7105(f) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection— the term pilot program means the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training pilot program established under paragraph (2); and the term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Secretary may continue a pilot program, which shall be known as the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training pilot program or the SOAR to Health and Wellness Training pilot program .
Under the pilot program, the Secretary may award grants to appropriate entities to train health care providers— to identify potential human trafficking victims; to work with law enforcement agencies to report human trafficking 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 providers; to refer such victims to appropriate social or victims service agencies or organizations; to provide such victims with appropriate patient-centered, evidence-based care; and to foster the practice of interprofessional collaboration, including practices used by organizations other than health care organizations.
The functions of the pilot program shall include, as appropriate, the functions of the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training program that was operating on the day before the date of the enactment of this subsection and any of the authorized initiatives described in clause (ii). The authorized initiatives of the pilot program shall include— engaging stakeholders, including victims of human trafficking and Federal, State, local, or tribal partners; making grants available to support training in health care sites that represent diversity in— geography; the demographics of the population served; the predominate types of human trafficking cases; and health care provider profiles; and providing technical assistance to assist grantees in— achieving the objectives described in subparagraph (B); and reporting on any best practices they identify.
The pilot program shall terminate not later than October 1, 2022. During any of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022 in which the Secretary carries out any of the authorized initiatives described in paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall collect data and report on— the total number of entities that received a grant under this subsection— during the previous fiscal year; between the previous fiscal year and the date of the enactment of this subsection; and between the date of the enactment of this subsection and the date of the establishment of the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training program that was operating on the day before the date of the enactment of this subsection; and the total number of health care providers and other related providers that participated in training supported by the pilot program— during the previous fiscal year; between the previous fiscal year and the date of the enactment of this subsection; and between the date of the enactment of this subsection and the date of the establishment of the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training program that was operating on the day before the date of the enactment of this subsection.
Not later than 90 days after the first day of each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress a report on the data collected under subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall make available, on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a description of the evidence-based practices and procedures used by entities that receive a grant under the pilot program for carrying out the activities described in paragraph (2)(B). .
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