Assembly Bill A4967A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires certain establishments to display a poster with information regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4967 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4732
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §483-ff, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A8154

2015-A4967 - Summary

Requires certain establishments to display a poster with information regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline.

2015-A4967 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4967

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
  certain  establishments to display 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;  POSTING
REQUIREMENT;  PENALTY.  (A) AN ESTABLISHMENT SHALL POST IN A CONSPICUOUS
PLACE NEAR THE ESTABLISHMENT'S PRIMARY PUBLIC ENTRANCE OR  ANOTHER  AREA
WHERE  POSTERS AND NOTICES ARE CUSTOMARILY POSTED ON THE PREMISES OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT, A POSTER NO SMALLER THAN EIGHT  AND  ONE-HALF  INCHES  BY
ELEVEN INCHES IN SIZE THAT STATES THE FOLLOWING:
  "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.
  VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARE PROTECTED 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."
  (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ESTABLISHMENT" SHALL MEAN:
  (1) A HIGHWAY REST STOP;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07366-01-5
              

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2015-A4967A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4732
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §483-ff, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A8154

2015-A4967A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain establishments to display a poster with information regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline.

2015-A4967A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4967--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, HEVESI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services --
  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Social Services in accordance with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

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.
  VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PROTECTIONS AND SERVICES
UNDER UNITED STATES AND NEW YORK STATE LAW.
  THE HOTLINE IS:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07366-04-6
              

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