[31] It is a bill that would
address federal adoption incentives and would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed policies and procedures for identifying, documenting in agency records, and determining appropriate services with respect to, any child or youth over whom the state agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision who the state has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at risk
of being, a
victim of sex trafficking or a severe form
of trafficking in persons.
Provide direct legal services to
victims of labor and
sex trafficking to
address the range
of civil legal issues that arise from their victimization, including, but not limited to, representation on applications for immigration relief and to recover civil damages arising from the
trafficking