The New York State Senate

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                                 2230--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2019
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Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, BUTTENSCHON, LAVINE, ENGLEBRIGHT, McDO-
  NALD,  CYMBROWITZ,  D'URSO,  GRIFFIN,  GOTTFRIED,  ARROYO,   DINOWITZ,
  JAFFEE,  STERN, CRUZ, ZEBROWSKI, CRESPO, COLTON, RIVERA, BURKE, LUPAR-
  DO, JEAN-PIERRE, THIELE, BRABENEC, MONTESANO, SCHMITT, BYRNE,  REILLY,
  RAIA, SMULLEN, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

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:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01125-02-9

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  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;
  (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.