STATE OF NEW YORK
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6145
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 30, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training for the
licensing of nail specialty, natural hair styling, esthetics and
cosmetology
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 408-b of the general business law, as amended by
2 chapter 71 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The
4 department shall [ensure that] require at least one hour of domestic
5 violence and sexual assault awareness education courses [are made avail-
6 able to] for all licensees and applicants for a license or renewal
7 pursuant to this article and that such courses are made available and
8 are offered through the department's website. Such courses shall be
9 available in each of the top ten languages spoken in the state, other
10 than English, according to the latest available data from the United
11 States Census Bureau. The department, in consultation with the office
12 for the prevention of domestic violence and advocacy groups recognized
13 by the federal department of health and human services or the federal
14 department of justice, which have the ability to coordinate statewide
15 and with local communities on programming and educational materials
16 related to the prevention and intervention of domestic violence or sexu-
17 al assault in New York state, shall develop and provide access to domes-
18 tic violence and sexual assault awareness education courses appropriate
19 for those licensed under this article.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
21 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10582-02-3
