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1		-	H.C.R. No. 35
	1	+	By: Miller (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.C.R. No. 35
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
	3	+	April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	4	+	Affairs; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	10		WHEREAS, Human trafficking is a serious and escalating public
6	11		health issue in the United States, particularly in Texas; and
7	12		WHEREAS, It is estimated that there are more than 300,000
8	13		victims of human trafficking in the State of Texas, and nearly
9	14		80,000 of those are identified as minors; and
10	15		WHEREAS, The number of cases reported rose 82 percent from
11	16		2015 to 2017, giving Texas the second-highest number of human
12	17		trafficking reports in the country, with explosive growth occurring
13	18		across all segments of our society in every ethnicity, gender, and
14	19		age, regardless of immigration, socioeconomic, or family status;
15	20		and
16	21		WHEREAS, Victims of human trafficking experience a severe and
17	22		complex trauma that is recognized by the medical community as one of
18	23		the most challenging to effectively treat; it requires long-term
19	24		counseling, therapy, and often inpatient treatment, which is
20	25		complicated by the fact that relatively few facilities in Texas are
21	26		trained in trauma-informed care; and
22	27		WHEREAS, The health problems engendered by human trafficking
23	28		are a crisis that impacts a substantial number of Texans in
24	29		communities across the state; sexual exploitation of women and
25	30		children account for 84 percent of cases and cost the state an
26	31		estimated $6.6 billion in additional physical and mental health
27	32		care and social services; this also creates additional strain on
28	33		our health care and law enforcement systems; and
29	34		WHEREAS, Gangs and cartels have combined drug and human
30	35		trafficking operations to become a primary controlling influence in
31	36		both, with the traffickers involved proving to be some of the most
32	37		dangerous and violent criminals to whom thousands more innocent
33	38		victims fall prey each year; and
34	39		WHEREAS, All forms of human trafficking are criminal acts,
35	40		and it is imperative that this issue be appropriately addressed so
36	41		that we may bring an end to this atrocious crime and help survivors
37	42		to move forward with their lives; now, therefore, be it
38	43		RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas
39	44		hereby recognize human trafficking as a public health issue.
40		-	Miller
41		-	Shaheen
42		-	Anderson
43		-	______________________________ ______________________________
44		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
45		-	I certify that H.C.R. No. 35 was adopted by the House on April
46		-	26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
47		-	voting.
48		-	______________________________
49		-	Chief Clerk of the House
50		-	I certify that H.C.R. No. 35 was adopted by the Senate on May
51		-	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Secretary of the Senate
54		-	APPROVED: __________________
55		-	Date
56		-	__________________
57		-	Governor
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