To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.
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This bill would reauthorize through 2030 a program that trains health and social service providers to identify human trafficking victims.
What it does
This bill would reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Training Program through fiscal year 2030. The program provides specialized training to health care and social service providers to help them identify and assist individuals who are at risk of or have experienced human trafficking. These activities are managed by the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Who is affected
This bill directly affects health care and social service providers who receive training to identify and support victims of human trafficking. It also impacts the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center within the Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for administering the program. Additionally, the program is designed to benefit individuals who have experienced or are at risk of human trafficking through improved provider intervention.
Key provisions
- Reauthorization of the SOAR to Health and Wellness Training Program. The bill extends the authorization for the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) program through fiscal year 2030.
- Human trafficking identification and support training. The program provides specialized training to health care and social service providers to help them identify and assist individuals who are at risk of or have experienced human trafficking.
- Program administration. The initiative continues to be managed by the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Fiscal impact
- H.R. 1669, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program· As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 29, 2025
Effective dates
The bill reauthorizes the training program through fiscal year 2030.
Relationship to existing law
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Training Program through FY2030. The program is currently administered by the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Stated purpose
The bill aims to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Training Program through FY2030. This program provides health care and social service providers with training to identify and assist individuals who have experienced or are at risk of human trafficking.