STATE OF NEW YORK
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5505
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 15, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to directing the
New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investi-
gate connections between social media and human trafficking
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 483-ee of the social services
2 law, as amended by chapter 413 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (b) The task force shall: (1) collect and organize data on the nature
5 and extent of trafficking in persons in the state; (2) identify avail-
6 able federal, state and local programs that provide services to victims
7 of trafficking, including but not limited to case management, housing,
8 health care, mental health counseling, drug addiction screening and
9 treatment, language interpretation and translation services, English
10 language instruction, job training and placement assistance, post-em-
11 ployment services for job retention, and services to assist the individ-
12 ual and any of his or her family members to establish a permanent resi-
13 dence in New York state or the United States; (3) consult with
14 governmental and non-governmental organizations in developing recommen-
15 dations to strengthen state and local efforts to prevent trafficking,
16 protect and assist victims of trafficking and prosecute traffickers; (4)
17 establish interagency protocols and collaboration between federal,
18 state, and local law enforcement, state and governmental agencies, child
19 welfare agencies, and non-governmental organizations; (5) evaluate
20 approaches to increase public awareness about trafficking and make
21 recommendations on such approaches; (6) evaluate the effectiveness of
22 training programs on human trafficking that have been designed for law
23 enforcement personnel, criminal defense attorneys, social service
24 providers and non-governmental organizations, and make recommendations
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 for improving the quality and effectiveness of such programs; (7) meas-
2 ure and evaluate the progress of the state in preventing trafficking,
3 protecting and providing assistance to victims of trafficking, and pros-
4 ecuting persons engaged in trafficking; [and] (8) evaluate the use of
5 social media in and its contribution to human trafficking; and (9)
6 convene any subcommittee necessary, provided such subcommittee has at
7 least one of the members appointed by the speaker of the assembly,
8 temporary president of the senate or governor, to consider specific
9 issues, including, but not limited to: federal, state and/or local coop-
10 eration; juveniles and human trafficking; the importance of training and
11 who should receive such training; how data is compiled and shared; and
12 services for and treatment of domestic versus foreign born victims.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
14 the amendments to section 483-ee of the social services law made by
15 section one of this act shall not affect the expiration and repeal of
16 such section and shall be deemed to expire and repeal therewith.
