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Assembly Bill A10869

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to employee human trafficking recognition training and to authorizing the establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training program

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2017-A10869 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §483-gg, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1283

2017-A10869 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to employee human trafficking recognition training and to authorizing the establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training program; requires public transportation services to require all employees to undergo a human-trafficking recognition training program established by the division of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the department of transportation and the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking.

2017-A10869 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10869
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to employee human
   trafficking recognition training;  and  relating  to  authorizing  the
   establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training
   program
 
   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-gg to read as follows:
   § 483-GG. HUMAN-TRAFFICKING RECOGNITION TRAINING. ANY PUBLIC TRANSPOR-
 TATION  SERVICE,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE,
 MOTORBUS REGULAR ROUTE SERVICE, PARATRANSIT  SERVICE,  MOTORBUS  CHARTER
 SERVICE,  AND FERRY PASSENGER SERVICE, SHALL REQUIRE ALL CUSTOMER-FACING
 EMPLOYEES TO UNDERGO A HUMAN-TRAFFICKING  RECOGNITION  TRAINING  PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED  BY THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE OFFICE
 OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  LABOR  AND  THE NEW YORK STATE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON HUMAN
 TRAFFICKING.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "CUSTOMER-FACING
 EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN ANY EMPLOYEE  WHOSE  JOB  INVOLVES  INTERACTING  OR
 COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH CUSTOMERS.
   § 2. In consultation with the New York Interagency Task Force on Human
 Trafficking and the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
 sion  of criminal justice services and the commissioner of the office of
 temporary and disability assistance shall together establish a standard-
 ized human-trafficking recognition training  program  for  employees  of
 public  transportation  services.  The  commissioners  may  use federal,
 state, and non-profit organization sources provided that  such  training
 program shall address no less than the following issues:
   (a) The nature of human trafficking;
   (b) How human trafficking is defined in law;
   (c) How to identify victims of human trafficking;
   (d) Relief and recovery options for survivors; and
   (e) Social and legal services available to victims.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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