HB269 Summary

• Requires Alabama health care facilities licensed under Title 22, Code of Alabama 1975 to mandate human trafficking handling and response training for employees with direct contact with patients or visitors.

• Applies to administrators, licensed health care professionals, emergency medical services personnel, and paid and volunteer facility workers regardless of compensation arrangement or contractual status.

• Sets training deadlines of July 1, 2019 for existing facility workers and within six months of employment for newly hired workers after July 1, 2019.

• Requires health care facilities to annually review and update training curriculum in collaboration with human trafficking recognition and prevention organizations.

• Establishes $1,000 per violation penalty for non-compliance, assessed daily, with collected funds deposited to the Attorney General's Special Revenue Account for human trafficking education programs.