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A01283 Summary:

A01283 Actions:

A01283 Committee Votes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES   Chair:Hevesi      
DATE:02/26/2019AYE/NAY:15/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Hevesi
Aye
Walczyk
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Kim
Excused
Stec
Aye
Solages
Aye
LiPetri
Aye
Pichardo
Excused
Salka
Excused
Davila
Aye
Barron
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Fernandez
Aye
Eichenstein
Aye
Reyes
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:04/30/2019AYE/NAY:33/0  Action: Favorable         
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Ra
Aye
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Miller
Aye

A01283 Floor Votes:

A01283 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1283
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. HUNTER, HYNDMAN, WILLIAMS, COOK, OTIS, HEVESI --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  employee  human
          trafficking  recognition  training;  and  relating  to authorizing the
          establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training
          program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
     2  483-gg to read as follows:
     3    § 483-gg. Human-trafficking recognition training. Any public transpor-
     4  tation service, including, but not limited to, rail  passenger  service,
     5  motorbus  regular  route  service, paratransit service, motorbus charter
     6  service, and ferry passenger service, shall require all  customer-facing
     7  employees  to  undergo  a human-trafficking recognition training program
     8  established by the division of criminal justice services and the  office
     9  of  temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the depart-
    10  ment of labor and the New York state interagency  task  force  on  human
    11  trafficking.  For the purposes of this section the term "customer-facing
    12  employee"  shall  mean  any  employee  whose job involves interacting or
    13  communicating directly with customers.
    14    § 2. In consultation with the New York Interagency Task Force on Human
    15  Trafficking and the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
    16  sion of criminal justice services and the commissioner of the office  of
    17  temporary and disability assistance shall together establish a standard-
    18  ized  human-trafficking  recognition  training  program for employees of
    19  public transportation  services.  The  commissioners  may  use  federal,
    20  state,  and  non-profit organization sources provided that such training
    21  program shall address no less than the following issues:
    22    (a) The nature of human trafficking;
    23    (b) How human trafficking is defined in law;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05104-01-9
        A. 1283                             2
 
     1    (c) How to identify victims of human trafficking;
     2    (d) Relief and recovery options for survivors; and
     3    (e) Social and legal services available to victims.
     4    The  commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and the
     5  commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance  shall
     6  complete  the human-trafficking recognition training program and make it
     7  available for use no more than six months after the  effective  date  of
     8  this act.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.