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                                 4732--A
    Cal. No. 666

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 13, 2015
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Introduced  by Sens. FUNKE, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Social  Services
  --  recommitted to the Committee on Social Services in accordance with
  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  reported  favorably  from  said  committee,
  ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
  by  Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
  restored to third reading, amended and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining
  its place in the order of third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the
  commissioner of social services to make available  on  its  website  a
  poster  with  information  regarding  the  national  human trafficking
  resource center hotline

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
483-ff to read as follows:
  S 483-FF. NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER  HOTLINE  POSTER.
(A)  THE  COMMISSIONER OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE SHALL MAKE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE  NATIONAL
HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCES CENTER (NHTRC) HOTLINE POSTER, OR CREATE AND
MAKE AVAILABLE A VARIATION THEREOF.
  (B) THE POSTER SHALL:
  (1)  BE AVAILABLE FOR PRINTING, AT A MINIMUM, IN ENGLISH AND ALL OTHER
LANGUAGES THAT THE NHTRC POSTER IS AVAILABLE IN;
  (2) BE AT LEAST EIGHT AND ONE-HALF INCHES BY ELEVEN  INCHES  IN  SIZE;
AND
  (3) IF CREATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
  "IF  YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS BEING FORCED TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY
AND CANNOT LEAVE - WHETHER IT IS COMMERCIAL SEX, HOUSEWORK,  FARM  WORK,
OR  ANY  OTHER  SIMILAR  ACTIVITY  - CALL THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING
RESOURCE CENTER HOTLINE AT 1-888-373-7888 TO ACCESS HELP AND SERVICES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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  VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PROTECTIONS AND SERVICES
UNDER UNITED STATES AND NEW YORK STATE LAW.
  THE HOTLINE IS:
  (1) AVAILABLE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK;
  (2) TOLL FREE;
  (3) OPERATED BY A NON-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;
  (4) ANONYMOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL;
  (5) ACCESSIBLE IN ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY LANGUAGES; AND
  (6)  ABLE TO PROVIDE HELP, REFERRAL TO SERVICES, TRAINING, AND GENERAL
INFORMATION."
  (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  CONSULT  WITH  OTHER  STATE  AGENCIES  AND
ORGANIZATIONS  THAT  HE  OR SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE TO ENCOURAGE THAT SUCH
POSTERS ARE LOCATED IN PUBLIC PLACES WHERE TRAFFICKING  VICTIMS  MAY  BE
PRESENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: HIGHWAY REST STOPS, BUS STATIONS,
TRUCK  STOPS, AIRPORTS, ADULT OR SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, HOSPITALS
AND URGENT CARE CENTERS. IN CONSULTING WITH SUCH AGENCIES AND  ORGANIZA-
TIONS,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ADVISE THAT POSTERS SHOULD BE PLACED IN
CONSPICUOUS LOCATIONS NEAR PRIMARY PUBLIC ENTRANCES OR OTHER AREAS WHERE
POSTERS AND NOTICES ARE CUSTOMARILY POSTED ON THE PREMISES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law;  provided, however, that effective immediately the
commissioner of temporary and disability  assistance  is  authorized  to
adopt  any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of
this act on such effective date.