S 1446 · 114th Congress · Health

SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015

Introduced 2015-05-21· Sponsored by Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2015-05-21)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a pilot program, to be known as Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training (or SOAR to Health and Wellness Training), to provide training to health care providers and other related providers on human trafficking. The objectives of the pilot program shall be to provide training to enable such providers to: identify potential human trafficking victims; implement proper protocols and procedures for working with law enforcement to report and facilitate communication with victims in accordance with all applicable federal, state, local, and tribal requirements; implement proper protocols and procedures for referring victims to social or victims service agencies or organizations; provide such victims care that is coordinated, victim centered, culturally relevant, comprehensive, evidence based, gender responsive, age appropriate, and trauma informed; and consider the potential for integrating such training with existing training programs for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child mal…

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Cosponsors (5)

2 Democrats3 Republicans