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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8650--B
                                                                Cal. No. 487
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 7, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, McDONOUGH, ARROYO,
          BLAKE, COLTON, COOK, CROUCH, HOOPER, LINARES, MOSLEY, OTIS, SEAWRIGHT,
          SIMON, GALEF, JAFFEE, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HIKIND,
          STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported
          and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate,  recalled  from
          the  Senate,  vote  reconsidered,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to identification and
          assessment of human trafficking victims
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  2805-y to read as follows:
     3    § 2805-y. Identification and assessment of human trafficking  victims.
     4  1. As used in this section:
     5    (a)  "human  trafficking  victim"  shall have the meaning set forth in
     6  section four hundred eighty-three-aa of the social services law;
     7    (b) "subject facility" shall mean a general  hospital,  public  health
     8  center, diagnostic center, treatment center or outpatient department;
     9    (c)  "subject  facility personnel" shall mean nursing, medical, social
    10  work and other clinical care personnel, and security  personnel  in  the
    11  subject facility service units; and
    12    (d)  "subject  facility service units" shall mean the service units of
    13  the subject facility that include the  following  areas:  (i)  emergency
    14  services;   (ii)  pediatrics;  (iii)  obstetrics  and  gynecology;  (iv)
    15  orthopedics; (v) internal medicine; (vi) family medicine; (vii) radiolo-
    16  gy; (viii) surgery; (ix) psychiatry; and  (x)  dental  services  to  the
    17  extent the subject facility maintains a dental clinic, center or depart-
    18  ment on site of the subject facility.
    19    2.  Every  subject  facility  shall  provide  for  the identification,
    20  assessment, and appropriate treatment or referral of  persons  suspected
    21  as  human trafficking victims, and in the case of persons under eighteen
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11993-04-6
        A. 8650--B                          2
 
     1  years old, the reporting of such persons  as  an  abused  or  maltreated
     2  child  if required under title six of article six of the social services
     3  law. The subject facility shall establish and implement written policies
     4  and  procedures  under  this  section  which  shall apply to all subject
     5  facility service units.
     6    3. Every subject facility shall provide, on an ongoing basis,  to  all
     7  subject  facility  personnel  training regarding the policies and proce-
     8  dures established under this section, including training in the recogni-
     9  tion of indicators of a human trafficking victim  and  the  responsibil-
    10  ities  of  such  personnel  in  dealing  with persons suspected as human
    11  trafficking victims. Such training may be incorporated as  part  of  the
    12  subject  facility's existing training programs, provided that the train-
    13  ing includes all of the requirements of this section.
    14    4. The  commissioner  may  identify  organizations  or  providers  for
    15  consideration  by  subject  facilities  to  provide  training under this
    16  section. The commissioner may, in consultation with the office of tempo-
    17  rary and disability assistance and the office  of  children  and  family
    18  services, make regulations under this section.
    19    §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
    20  law; provided however, that effective immediately, the  commissioner  of
    21  health  may  make regulations and take other actions necessary to imple-
    22  ment this act on its effective date.