                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESPONSE COORDINATOR; DUTIES; REPORT (§ 9.1-116.5)

A. There is established within the Department a Human Trafficking Response
Coordinator (the Coordinator). The Coordinator shall:

   1. Create a statewide plan for local and state agencies to identify and
   respond to victims of human trafficking;

   2. Coordinate the development of standards and guidelines for treatment
   programs for victims of human trafficking;

   3. Maintain a list of programs that provide treatment or specialized services
   to victims of human trafficking and make such list available to
   law-enforcement agencies, attorneys for the Commonwealth, crime victim and
   witness assistance programs, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the
   Department of Social Services, the Department of Education, and school
   divisions;

   4. Oversee the development of a curriculum to be completed by persons
   convicted of solicitation of prostitution under &#xA7; 18.2-346.01; and

   5. Promote strategies for the education, training, and awareness of human
   trafficking and for the reduction of demand for commercial sex.

B. The Coordinator may request and shall receive from every department,
division, board, bureau, commission, authority, or other agency created by the
Commonwealth, or to which the Commonwealth is a party or any political
subdivision thereof, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its
duties. The Coordinator may also consult and exchange information with local
government agencies and interested stakeholders.

C. The Coordinator shall report annually on or before October 1 to the Governor
and the General Assembly. The report shall include a summary of activities for
the year and any recommendations to address human trafficking within the
Commonwealth. The Department shall ensure that such report is available to the
public.

HISTORY: 2019, cc. 486, 514; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188; 2025, c. 375.