H.R. 1669: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-27 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 331.

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Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.

Plain summary

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Training Program, which is administered by the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center in the Department of Health and Human Services. The program provides training for health care and social service providers on how to identify and support those who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing human trafficking.

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To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · 1 cosponsors

Money: CBO cost estimate: 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 (2025-07-29) No linked contracts or vendors yet.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1669.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr1669 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills