Provides for priority for applications and expedited determination of claims for a human trafficking victim who wishes to remove permanent marks that were part of the trafficking of such victim, including but not limited to, tattoos, markings, brandings, or other symbols or insignia.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1595
SPONSOR: Rosenthal L TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to providing priority
status to victims of human trafficking for the receipt of certain
assistance
PURPOSE:
To require the office Of Victim Services to prioritize applications from
human trafficking victims to remove permanent marks that we part of
their captivity, such as tattoos, markings, brandings, or other symbols
or insignia.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation amends the Executive Law to require the Office of
Victim Services to prioritize applications from human trafficking
victims to remove permanent marks that we part of their captivity, such
as tattoos, markings, brandings, or other symbols or insignia.
JUSTIFICATION:
Human trafficking is a global phenomenon that generates $150 billion in
annual profits for the vile and wicked. In 2021, an estimated 25 million
people were trafficked-75 percent of those victims being women and chil-
dren. Sadly, traffickers leave permanent scars upon victims and survi-
vors, in the form of tattoos, markings, brandings, or other symbols or
insignia. Removal of these literal scars of captivity should be removed
as expeditiously as possible.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-22: A.10641 - Referred to Governmental Operations; S.8773 -
Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1595
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing priority
status to victims of human trafficking for the receipt of certain
assistance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 627 of
2 the executive law, as added by section 18 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of
3 the laws of 2010, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read
4 as follows:
5 (f) expedited determination of claims with respect to a livery opera-
6 tor within thirty days of the date upon which the claim was accepted for
7 filing, as well as standards for awards of loss of earnings or support
8 granted pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with
9 the provisions of this subdivision and subdivision three of section six
10 hundred thirty-one of this article. Each award for loss of earnings
11 pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with this
12 subdivision made with respect to a claim involving a livery operator
13 assault victim shall be for such period of time as the office determines
14 that the livery operator assault victim is unable to work and has lost
15 earnings as a result of such assault, in an amount not to exceed twenty
16 thousand dollars. Such award shall be distributed in increments of five
17 hundred dollars per week. Each award for loss of support pursuant to
18 rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with this subdivision
19 made with respect to a claim involving a livery operator homicide victim
20 shall be in the amount of twenty thousand dollars, distributed in incre-
21 ments of five hundred dollars per week; [and]
22 (g) provisions for any claimant to submit an additional claim for any
23 loss of earnings or support in excess of the amount awarded pursuant to
24 rules and regulations in accordance with paragraph (f) of this subdivi-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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A. 1595 2
1 sion, or an additional claim for any other award pursuant to rules and
2 regulations promulgated in accordance with this article, in each case
3 pursuant to and in accordance with the other provisions of this article
4 or any rules and regulations promulgated in accordance thereof and
5 subject to any applicable maximum award limitations contained in this
6 article[.]; and
7 (h) priority for applications and expedited determination of claims
8 for a human trafficking victim, as defined in section four hundred
9 eighty-three-aa of the social services law, who wishes to remove perma-
10 nent marks that were part of the trafficking of such victim, including
11 but not limited to, tattoos, markings, brandings, or other symbols or
12 insignia.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
