United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 398 (114th)
Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015
Introduced
16 January 2015
Last action
28 January 2015 · Introduced
Status
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6], Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ], Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8], Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ], Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Subjects
Healthcare, Education
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
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.
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Timeline
16 January 2015
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
16 January 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 January 2015
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 January 2015
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
27 January 2015
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
27 January 2015
Passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H618)
Source: Floor
27 January 2015
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H618)
Source: Floor
27 January 2015
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 398.
Source: Floor
27 January 2015
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H618-620)
Source: Floor
27 January 2015
Floor
Mrs. Ellmers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Source: Floor
28 January 2015
Introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Referred in Senate · 28 January 2015 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 27 January 2015 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 16 January 2015 · Download file
Documents
8 official files
Referred in Senate (text)
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Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 28 January 2015
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 28 January 2015
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Engrossed in House (text)
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Engrossed in House (PDF)
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Passed House without amendment
summary · EN · 27 January 2015
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House
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Sponsors
- Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/398
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/398
- us · 114-hr-398 · source updated 5 December 2025