The New York State Senate

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                                  4764

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 25, 2019
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Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  telecommuni-
  cation companies blocking certain numbers

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
399-z-1 to read as follows:
  § 399-Z-1. TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES BLOCKING CERTAIN NUMBERS. 1. AS
USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
INGS:
  A. "CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION" MEANS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A
CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE REGARDING THE  TELEPHONE  NUMBER  AND  THE
NAME OF THE PERSON CALLING;
  B. "CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE" MEANS A SERVICE THAT ALLOWS A TELE-
PHONE  SUBSCRIBER  TO  HAVE  THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND, WHERE AVAILABLE,
NAME OF THE CALLING PARTY TRANSMITTED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH  THE  TELE-
PHONE  CALL,  AND DISPLAYED ON A DEVICE IN OR CONNECTED TO THE SUBSCRIB-
ER'S TELEPHONE;
  C. "POOLING ADMINISTRATOR" MEANS THE THOUSANDS-BLOCK POOLING  ADMINIS-
TRATOR AS IDENTIFIED IN 47 C.F.R. § 52.20; AND
  D.  "PROVIDER"  MEANS  A TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY THAT PROVIDES VOICE
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS IN THIS STATE.
  2. CONSISTENT WITH AUTHORIZATION PROVIDED BY FEDERAL LAW AND RULES  OF
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OR ITS SUCCESSORS:
  A. PROVIDERS SHALL BLOCK A VOICE CALL WHEN THE SUBSCRIBER TO WHICH THE
ORIGINATING  NUMBER  IS  ASSIGNED HAS REQUESTED THAT CALLS PURPORTING TO
ORIGINATE FROM THAT NUMBER BE BLOCKED BECAUSE THE  NUMBER  IS  USED  FOR
INBOUND CALLS ONLY; AND
  B. PROVIDERS SHALL BLOCK CALLS ORIGINATING FROM THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS:
  (I) A NUMBER THAT IS NOT A VALID NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN NUMBER;

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

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  (II)  A  VALID  NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN NUMBER THAT IS NOT ALLO-
CATED TO A PROVIDER BY THE NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING  PLAN  ADMINISTRATOR
OR THE POOLING ADMINISTRATOR; AND
  (III)  A  VALID NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN NUMBER THAT IS ALLOCATED
TO A PROVIDER BY THE NORTH AMERICAN NUMBER PLAN ADMINISTRATOR OR POOLING
ADMINISTRATOR, BUT IS UNUSED, SO LONG AS THE PROVIDER BLOCKING THE CALLS
IS THE ALLOCATEE OF THE NUMBER AND CONFIRMS THAT THE NUMBER IS UNUSED OR
HAS OBTAINED VERIFICATION FROM THE ALLOCATEE THAT THE NUMBER  IS  UNUSED
AT THE TIME OF THE BLOCKING.
  C.  PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BLOCK A VOICE CALL IF THE CALL IS AN EMERGENCY
CALL PLACED TO 911.
  D. PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BLOCK A VOICE CALL  TO  A  SUBSCRIBER  WHO  HAS
REQUESTED THAT NO INBOUND CALLS BE BLOCKED.
  3.  FOR PURPOSES OF BLOCKING CALLS FROM CERTAIN ORIGINATING NUMBERS AS
AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION, A PROVIDER MAY RELY ON CALLER IDENTIFICATION
SERVICE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE ORIGINATING NUMBER.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.