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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="15-210" title_number="15" title_name="Lodging Establishments" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Rights and Responsibilities of Innkeepers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy and the Department shall approve educational training programs for the accurate and prompt identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A training program approved under this subsection must include a video presentation that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>defines:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>exploitation of a child; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>human trafficking; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>offers guidance to employees of innkeepers on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>recognizing potential victims of human trafficking;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the differences between labor and sex trafficking that are specific to the hotel industry;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>activities commonly associated with human trafficking; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>the role of employees in reporting and responding to human trafficking.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An innkeeper shall provide a new employee of the lodging establishment with the annual training described in subsection (a) of this section within 90 days after the date the employee is hired.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, on or before October 1, 2023, and each October 1 thereafter, an innkeeper shall certify to the Department that all employees of the lodging establishment have received the annual training prescribed by this section.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The requirement under this paragraph does not apply to an employee for whom fewer than 90 days have elapsed since the date the employee was hired.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An innkeeper shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish a procedure for reporting potential instances of human trafficking by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an employee to the innkeeper; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the innkeeper to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>law enforcement; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>implement a human trafficking prevention policy for the innkeeper’s employees that includes how to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>recognize potential victims of human trafficking;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>respond to an individual who may be or is a victim of human trafficking; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>connect an individual who may be or is a victim of human trafficking with any available resources; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>post prominently the sign developed by the Department under § 15–207 of this subtitle in a location conspicuous to the innkeeper’s employees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
