Guam § 26 - Task Force for Prevention of Trafficking.

§ 26. Task Force for Prevention of Trafficking.

(a) An inter-agency task force to develop and implement a

Guam Plan for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons. Such a

task force shall meet at least annually and should include all

aspects of trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor

trafficking of both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.

(b) The members of the task force shall include, at a

minimum, representatives from:

(1) the Office of the Attorney General;

(2) the Guam Police Department;

(3) the Department of Public Health and Social

Services, Child Protective Services and Adult Protective

Services;

(4) the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center,

Counseling and Healing Hearts Rape Crisis Center;

(5) the Department of Labor; and

(6) the Guam Homeland Security Office; and

(7) representatives from non-governmental

organizations, especially those specializing in trafficking in

persons, those representing diverse communities

disproportionately affected by trafficking, organizations

dedicated to child services and runaway services, and

academic researchers dedicated to the subject of human

trafficking.

(d) The task force shall be chaired by the Office of the

Attorney General and carry out the following activities either

directly or via one or more of its constituent agencies:

(e) The task force shall carry out the following activities

either directly or via one or more of its constituent agencies:

(1) Develop the Guam Plan.

(2) Coordinate the implementation of the Territorial

Plan.

(3) Coordinate the collection and sharing of trafficking

data among government agencies, which data collection

shall respect the privacy of victims of trafficking in persons.

(4) Coordinate the sharing of information between

agencies for the purposes of detecting criminal groups

engaged in trafficking.

(5) Explore the establishment of territorial policies for

time limits for the issuance of Law Enforcement Agency

(LEA) endorsements as described in Section 214.11(f)(1) of

Chapter 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(6) Establish policies to enable the government of

Guam to work with non-governmental organizations and

other elements of civil society to prevent trafficking and

provide assistance to U.S. citizen and foreign national

victims.

(7) Review the existing services and facilities to meet

trafficking victims' needs and recommend a system that

would coordinate such services, including but not limited

to: health services, including mental health; housing;

education and job training; English as a second language

classes; interpreting services; legal and immigration

services; and victim compensation.

(8) Evaluate various approaches used by the

government of Guam and state governments to increase

public awareness of the trafficking in persons, including

U.S. citizen and foreign national victims of trafficking in

persons.

(9) Submit an annual report of its findings and

recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of the Guam

Legislature, the Guam Legislature and the Office of the

Attorney General on or before December 31 of each

calendar year.

2013 NOTE: Pursuant to P.L. 32-024:2 (May 6, 2013) which renamed

the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (DMHSA) to the

Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, all references to DMHSA

were altered to to the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center.