Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

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

1. 16 January 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 January 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 January 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 23 January 2015

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

5. 27 January 2015

   Passed

   Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

   Source: Floor

6. 27 January 2015

   Passed

   On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H618)

   Source: Floor

7. 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

8. 27 January 2015

   Floor

   DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 398.

   Source: Floor

9. 27 January 2015

   Floor

   Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H618-620)

   Source: Floor

10. 27 January 2015

    Floor

    Mrs. Ellmers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

    Source: Floor

11. 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

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Versions

• Referred in Senate · 28 January 2015 · Official file
• Engrossed in House · 27 January 2015 · Official file
• Introduced in House · 16 January 2015 · Official file

Documents

8 official files

• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 28 January 2015

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• Referred in Senate (PDF)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 28 January 2015

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 27 January 2015

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 27 January 2015

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• Passed House without amendment

  summary · EN · 27 January 2015

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 January 2015

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 January 2015

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 January 2015

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Sponsors

• Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · D · Sponsor
• Derek Kilmer · D · Cosponsor
• Kyrsten Sinema · D · Cosponsor
• Mike Bishop · R · Cosponsor
• Martha McSally · R · Cosponsor
• Jaime Herrera Beutler · R · Cosponsor
• · sshr00 · Standing
• · hsif00 · Standing

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