Healing Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Act; enact to require nurse training on and reporting of suspected human trafficking.
(H) Died In Committee
Summary
The Healing Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Act would require any nurse applying for a Mississippi license or renewal to certify completion of a one‑hour, trauma‑informed human‑trafficking training. It also obligates nurses to report suspected trafficking of minors to the Department of Child Protection Services and adult cases to law enforcement when the victim is in danger, consent is confirmed, or the law requires it, and expands sex‑offender registration to include those convicted of human sex trafficking. The measure did not pass and died in committee.
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