Sec. 3. Combat human trafficking
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Section 114 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 ( 34 U.S.C. 20709 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection: The term abortion provider means a person who performs an abortion, including by providing to a pregnant woman a drug that induces abortion. The term victim of trafficking has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). Not later than 24 hours after consulting with a patient, an abortion provider shall notify the National Human Trafficking Hotline if the provider has a reasonable suspicion that the patient is a victim of trafficking.
Not later than 24 hours after an abortion provider notifies the national human trafficking hotline under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify the Attorney General of the notification. Not later than 24 hours after receipt of a notification from the Secretary of Health and Human Services under clause (i), the Attorney General shall notify the appropriate State and local law enforcement agencies. An abortion provider who violates subparagraph
(A)shall be fined $10,000 for each violation, imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available to abortion providers the training entitled Foundational
(101)Human Trafficking Trainings—SOAR For Health Care (or any substantially similar successor training). On an annual basis and not later than January 30 of each year, each abortion provider shall— require each employee of the abortion provider to complete the training provided under subparagraph (A); submit to the Director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons of the Department of Health and Human Services a certification of the completion of the training required under clause (i); and include in the certification required under clause
(ii)the protocols that the abortion provider has in place to identify and assist victims of trafficking. An abortion provider who fails to comply with subparagraph
(B)shall be subject to a fine in an amount of $1,000 for each day of noncompliance. In any case in which the attorney general of a State has reason to believe that an interest of the residents of the State has been or is threatened or adversely affected by an action of an abortion provider that violates this subsection, the attorney general of the State may, as parens patriae, bring a civil action on behalf of the residents of the State in an appropriate district court of the United States. The attorney general of a State may bring a civil action under subparagraph
(A)against any abortion provider that violates paragraph (2)(A) or (3)(B) within that State. In a civil action under subparagraph (A), the court may fine an abortion provider— in the case of a violation of paragraph (2)(A), $10,000 for each violation; and in the case of a violation of paragraph (3)(B), $1,000 for each day during which the abortion provider is in violation of that paragraph. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require a victim of trafficking to self-report. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to provide a right to an abortion. .
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