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                                    57
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, BLAKE --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
   domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education  for  persons
   engaged  in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styl-
   ing, esthetics and cosmetology
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 403 of the general business law,
 as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  The  advisory  committee shall advise the secretary on all matters
 relating to this article, and on such other  matters  as  the  secretary
 shall  request.  In advising the secretary on matters concerning profes-
 sional education or curriculum, inclusive of the maintenance of cultural
 and ethnic awareness within the prescribed curriculum in regard to  hair
 types,  including,  but not limited to, curl pattern, hair strand thick-
 ness, and volume of hair, the advisory committee shall,  to  the  extent
 practicable,  consult with the state education department.  THE ADVISORY
 COMMITTEE IS DIRECTED, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE
 NEW YORK STATE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  AND  AN
 ADVOCACY  GROUP RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
 SERVICES, WHICH HAS THE ABILITY TO COORDINATE STATEWIDE AND  WITH  LOCAL
 COMMUNITIES  ON  PROGRAMMING  AND  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS RELATED TO THE
 PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK  STATE,  TO
 DEVELOP,  PROVIDE  FOR  AND  INTEGRATE  AWARENESS  TRAINING  ON DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR ALL PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS SEEKING  TO  BE
 LICENSED  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE.  FURTHER, ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS FOR THOSE
 SEEKING TO RENEW THEIR LICENSE AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ARTICLE TO DEVEL-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01833-01-9

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 OP AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  AND
 SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  6  of  section 408 of the general business law, as
 amended by section 1 of part Y of chapter 60 of the  laws  of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   6. Any license, which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the
 payment  of  the  renewal fee, be renewed for additional periods of four
 years from its application, without further examination, upon the filing
 of an application for such renewal, on a form to be  prescribed  by  the
 secretary.   WHEN AN APPLICANT SEEKS TO RENEW THEIR LICENSE, THE DEPART-
 MENT SHALL NOTIFY APPLICANTS OF VOLUNTARY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  AND  SEXUAL
 ASSAULT  AWARENESS  EDUCATION  COURSES  THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE
 DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 408-b
 to read as follows:
   § 408-B. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS EDUCATION. THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL ENSURE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARE-
 NESS EDUCATION COURSES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL  LICENSEES  AND  APPLI-
 CANTS  FOR  A  LICENSE OR RENEWAL PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND THAT SUCH
 COURSES ARE OFFERED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. THE DEPARTMENT, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
 AN ADVOCACY GROUP RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND
 HUMAN  SERVICES,  WHICH HAS THE ABILITY TO COORDINATE STATEWIDE AND WITH
 LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS  RELATED  TO
 THE  PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK STATE,
 SHALL DEVELOP AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
 AWARENESS EDUCATION COURSES APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE  LICENSED  UNDER  THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly,  the  addition and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized  and
 directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.