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A07034 Summary:

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A07034 Committee Votes:

Committee:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   Chair:Schimminger      
DATE:04/25/2017AYE/NAY:24/0  Action: Favorable         
Schimminger
Aye
Walter
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Butler
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
McLaughlin
Aye
Jenne
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Errigo
Aye
Simanowitz
Aye
Brindisi
Aye
Stirpe
Excused
Barrett
Aye
Skartados
Aye
Davila
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Barron
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Jones
Aye
D'Urso
Aye

A07034 Floor Votes:

A07034 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7034--A
                                                                Cal. No. 496
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 29, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TITONE,  PAULIN,  BARRETT, ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED,
          COLTON, MOSLEY, GALEF, HOOPER, JAFFEE,  OTIS,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  STECK,
          M. G. MILLER,  SEAWRIGHT  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. ARROYO,
          RIVERA, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Economic
          Development  --  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to employee  human
          trafficking recognition training in gaming facilities
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  210 to read as follows:
     3    § 210. Human trafficking recognition training.   1. Human  trafficking
     4  recognition  training  program. a.  Any establishment that constitutes a
     5  gaming facility as defined by subdivision twenty-three of section  thir-
     6  teen  hundred  one of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law,
     7  shall require all employees to undergo a human  trafficking  recognition
     8  training  program which shall be established or approved by the division
     9  of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and  disability
    10  assistance  in  consultation  with  the  New York state interagency task
    11  force on human trafficking.  However, for class  III  gaming  establish-
    12  ments  authorized  under  the  Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. §
    13  2701, et seq., the gaming commission shall make available, upon request,
    14  such human-trafficking recognition training program.
    15    b. The training program may be developed by a federal, state, or  non-
    16  profit  organization,  and  may  be  incorporated  as part of the gaming
    17  facility's existing training programs or may be  provided  by  organiza-
    18  tions  or  providers  identified  by the commissioner of the division of
    19  criminal justice services or the commissioner of the office of temporary
    20  and disability assistance, provided that the training includes   all  of
    21  the  requirements  of  this  section.  Established  or approved training
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09155-02-8
        A. 7034--A                          2
 
     1  programs may be made available through methods including, but not limit-
     2  ed to, in-person instruction, electronic  and  video  communication,  or
     3  online programs.
     4    c.  Any  human trafficking recognition training program established or
     5  approved by the division of criminal justice services and the office  of
     6  temporary  and  disability  assistance in consultation with the New York
     7  state interagency task force on human trafficking as  required  by  this
     8  section shall address no less than the following issues:
     9    (i) the nature of human trafficking;
    10    (ii) how human trafficking is defined in law;
    11    (iii) how to identify victims of human trafficking;
    12    (iv) relief and recovery options for survivors; and
    13    (v) social and legal services available to victims.
    14    d.  The  commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and
    15  the commissioner of the office of temporary  and  disability  assistance
    16  shall make available a list of established or approved human trafficking
    17  recognition programs for use by a gaming facility.
    18    e. All new employees required to receive human trafficking recognition
    19  training shall receive such training within their first month of employ-
    20  ment.
    21    f. The training shall take place on the premises of the gaming facili-
    22  ty and shall be considered compensable time.
    23    2. Record keeping requirements of human trafficking recognition train-
    24  ing.  Every keeper of each  gaming facility shall maintain records indi-
    25  cating that each employee required to undergo an established or approved
    26  human  trafficking recognition training program pursuant to this section
    27  has completed such training. Such records shall be kept on file  by  the
    28  gaming  facility for the period during which the employee is employed by
    29  the gaming facility and for one year after such employment ends.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    31  have  become  a  law;  provided however, paragraph d of subdivision 1 of
    32  section 210 of the general business law shall take  effect  immediately;
    33  provided  further that all current employees of gaming facilities on the
    34  effective date of this act shall receive  human-trafficking  recognition
    35  training  pursuant  to this act within four months of the effective date
    36  of this act.