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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 17, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Social Services

AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the composition
  of the interagency task force on human trafficking and their meetings

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

  Section  1.  Section  483-ee  of  the social services law, as added by
chapter 74 of the laws of 2007 and subdivision (a) as amended by section
5 of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to  read  as
follows:
  S  483-ee.  Establishment of interagency task force on human traffick-
ing. (a) There is established an interagency task force  on  trafficking
in persons, which shall consist of the following members or their desig-
nees: (1) the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services;
(2)  the  commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assist-
ance; (3) the commissioner of health; (4) the commissioner of the office
of mental health; (5) the commissioner of labor; (6) the commissioner of
the office of children and family services; (7) the commissioner of  the
office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services; (8) the director of
the office of victim services; (9) the executive director of the  office
for  the prevention of domestic violence; and (10) the superintendent of
the division of state police; AND THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL MEMBERS,  WHO
SHALL  BE  PROMPTLY  APPOINTED  BY  THE GOVERNOR, EACH FOR A TERM OF TWO
YEARS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON'S MEMBERSHIP SHALL CONTINUE AFTER  SUCH
TWO YEAR TERM UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT
A MEMBER MAY BE REAPPOINTED IF AGAIN RECOMMENDED IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED
IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION:  (11)  TWO MEMBERS, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE;  (12)  TWO
MEMBERS,  WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF
THE ASSEMBLY; (13) TWO MEMBERS, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE  RECOMMEN-
DATION  OF  THE  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATION  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE THAT
RECEIVES THE LARGEST SHARE OF FUNDS, APPROPRIATED  BY  AND  THROUGH  THE
STATE BUDGET, FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AS
SHALL  BE  IDENTIFIED ANNUALLY IN WRITING BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET;

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

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AND (14) ONE MEMBER, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION; and others  as  may  be
necessary  to  carry  out  the  duties  and  responsibilities under this
section.  The  task force will be co-chaired by the commissioners of the
division of criminal justice services and the office  of  temporary  and
disability assistance, or their designees.  It shall meet as often as is
necessary,  BUT  NO  LESS  THAN  THREE TIMES PER YEAR, and under circum-
stances as are appropriate to fulfilling its duties under this  section.
ALL  MEMBERS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH WRITTEN NOTICE REASONABLY IN ADVANCE
OF EACH MEETING WITH DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF SUCH MEETING.
  (b) The task force shall: (1) collect and organize data on the  nature
and  extent  of trafficking in persons in the state; (2) identify avail-
able federal, state and local programs that provide services to  victims
of  trafficking,  including but not limited to case management, housing,
health care, mental health  counseling,  drug  addiction  screening  and
treatment,  language  interpretation  and  translation services, English
language instruction, job training and  placement  assistance,  post-em-
ployment services for job retention, and services to assist the individ-
ual  and any of his or her family members to establish a permanent resi-
dence in  New  York  state  or  the  United  States;  (3)  consult  with
governmental  and non-governmental organizations in developing recommen-
dations to strengthen state and local efforts  to  prevent  trafficking,
protect and assist victims of trafficking and prosecute traffickers; (4)
establish  interagency  protocols  and  collaboration  between  federal,
state, and local law enforcement, state and governmental agencies, child
welfare  agencies,  and  non-governmental  organizations;  (5)  evaluate
approaches  to  increase  public  awareness  about  trafficking and make
recommendations on such approaches; (6) evaluate  the  effectiveness  of
training  programs  on human trafficking that have been designed for law
enforcement  personnel,  criminal  defense  attorneys,  social   service
providers  and  non-governmental organizations, and make recommendations
for improving the quality and effectiveness of such programs; [and]  (7)
measure  and  evaluate the progress of the state in preventing traffick-
ing, protecting and providing assistance to victims of trafficking,  and
prosecuting  persons engaged in trafficking; AND (8) CONVENE ANY SUBCOM-
MITTEE NECESSARY, PROVIDED SUCH SUBCOMMITTEE HAS AT  LEAST  ONE  OF  THE
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE  SENATE OR GOVERNOR, TO CONSIDER SPECIFIC ISSUES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO: FEDERAL, STATE AND/OR LOCAL COOPERATION; JUVENILES AND HUMAN
TRAFFICKING; THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING  AND  WHO  SHOULD  RECEIVE  SUCH
TRAINING;  HOW  DATA IS COMPILED AND SHARED; AND SERVICES FOR AND TREAT-
MENT OF DOMESTIC VERSUS FOREIGN BORN VICTIMS.
  (c) [One year from the effective date of this section, or  earlier  if
deemed  appropriate,  the]  THE  task force shall report to the governor
[and the legislature on these issues], THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  THE
MINORITY  LEADER  OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE NO  LESS  THAN  ANNUALLY,  and  it
shall  [thereafter]  ADDITIONALLY issue such reports and recommendations
as it deems necessary to carry out its duties and responsibilities.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  amendments  to  section  483-ee  of the social services law made by
section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
shall be deemed to be repealed therewith.