S. 256: SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017
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S. 256: SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-01 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017
Plain summary
SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to replace the existing Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training (or SOAR to Health and Wellness Training) program with a pilot program that includes the same functions and additional initiatives. The pilot program must train health care providers and other related providers to: (1) identify potential human trafficking victims, (2) work with law enforcement to report and facilitate communication with such victims, (3) refer victims to social or victims service agencies or organizations, and (4) provide such victims with coordinated care tailored to their circumstances. HHS must report on the number of facilities operating under the pilot program, the number of providers trained through the pilot program, and these numbers for the program operating before the pilot program.
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Official text
SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · 9 cosponsors
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Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s256.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s256 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115