NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3844A

Senate Bill S3844A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relating to requiring study abroad organizations to report crime and harm that occurs to participating students

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to higher education
Jun 20, 2019	committed to rules
Jun 04, 2019	advanced to third reading
Jun 03, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 30, 2019	1st report cal.1037
May 22, 2019	print number 3844a
May 22, 2019	amend and recommit to higher education
Feb 19, 2019	referred to higher education

Votes

- May 30, 2019 - Higher Education Committee Vote
  S3844A
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Higher Education Committee Vote: May 30, 2019
      
      aye (6)
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gounardes
      
      Jackson
      
      Robach
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      nay (3)
      
      Amedore
      
      Breslin
      
      Seward
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      May
      
      excused (1)
      
      LaValle

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2019-S3844 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7010
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 130-A §§6457 & 6458, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7154, A7871
2021-2022: S6530, A316
2023-2024: A649

2019-S3844 - Summary

Relates to requiring postsecondary institutions that participate in study abroad programs to report crime and harm that occurs to participating students.

2019-S3844 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3844             REVISED MEMO 03/20/2019

SPONSOR: STAVISKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring postsecondary institutions that participate in study abroad
programs to report crime and harm that occurs to participating students

 
PURPOSE:

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Safe Student Study
Abroad Act" also known as the "Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Student Study
Abroad Act". The bill will establish guidelines for best practices in
study abroad programs and to create a policy whereby the State Education
Department and the public can be informed of crime and harm that occurs
to participating students.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The education law is amended by adding a new article 130-A, Safe Student
Study Abroad.

Section 6457-6461 contains the definitions, general provisions, report-
ing student resources and program assessment.

Section 6458 general provisions refers to prioritizing the health, safe-
ty and security of study abroad students through policies, procedures,
advertising, orientation and training.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill is dedicated to Ravi Thackurdeen, the youngest child of Raj
and Roshni Thackurdeen, brother of Savita and Sean. In 2012, 19-year old
Ravi was a pre-med student at Philadelphia's Swarthmore College.  During
his sophomore year, Ravi enrolled in a third-party study abroad program
with the Organization of Tropical Studies (OTS). Along with fourteen
other students, Ravi was to study global health and tropical medicine in
Costa Rica. The OTS course included long work hours at botanical
stations, as well as travel to remote communities of indigenous peoples.
As the School of Record, Duke University was to document and verify to
Swarthmore that OTS's program was credit-worthy.

Two days prior to the end of Ravi's semester-long course, OTS surprised
students with an end-of-program celebratory trip to a beach, Playa
Tortuga. Locals were familiar with Playa Tortuga's dangers. However, OTS
staff had not comprehended that beneath the tranquil beauty multiple
rivers met the ocean, creating undertows and turbulence such that swim-
ming was to be avoided. As Ravi and another student waded knee deep into
the ocean, both were immediately caught in rip currents. While a tourist
was able to save the other student, Ravi was quickly pulled far from
shore. He treaded water for over half an hour, but help never came; OTS
staff hadn't brought with them even the most basic safety devices, such
as ropes and phones.

In the aftermath of Ravi's death, his mother, Ros, was shocked to learn
that her son was not the first study abroad death. She collected news
stories of other student deaths, gradually filling binders with names,
faces and stories. She spoke with newly bereaved families who also imag-
ined their child as "the first." She co-founded Protect Students Abroad
(PSA), a 501(c)(3), and with colleagues gradually came to understand
that there exists no requirement to transparently report deaths, inju-
ries, illnesses and crimes during education abroad. Since then, trans-
parency has been the been the single ask of PSA, for when schools do not
document and report safety outcomes, no one can knowledgeably speak
about risk during study abroad.

In the years since Ravi's death, Ros has been the driving force behind
New York legislation. While the Clery Act requires on-campus crime
reporting by academic institutions, and while Minnesota and Virginia
have recently passed study abroad legislation, all of these data sources
have weaknesses that New York State legislation intends to improve on.
The Ravi Act will produce data to inform evidence-based prevention stra-
tegies, thereby improving safety for future study abroad students.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S 7154 - referred to Higher Education.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S3844 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3844
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring postsecon-
   dary institutions that participate in study abroad programs to  report
   crime and harm that occurs to participating students

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the  "Safe Student Study Abroad Act" also known as the "Ravi Thackurdeen
 Safe Student Study Abroad Act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a  new  article  130-A  to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 130-A
                         SAFE STUDENT STUDY ABROAD
 SECTION 6457. DEFINITIONS.
         6458. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
         6459. REPORTING.
         6460. STUDENT RESOURCES.
         6461. PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.
   §  6457.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "COLLEGE", "UNIVERSITY" AND "POSTSECONDARY" SHALL MEAN ANY INSTITU-
 TION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, RECOGNIZED AND APPROVED BY THE REGENTS,  WHICH
 PROVIDES  A  COURSE  OF STUDY LEADING TO THE GRANTING OF A POSTSECONDARY
 DEGREE OR DIPLOMA.
   2. "THIRD PARTY ENTITIES" SHALL MEAN ANY FOR PROFIT OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 BUSINESS  THAT IS NOT A COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION
 WHICH PROVIDES A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM OR COORDINATES A  PROGRAM  BETWEEN
 COLLEGE,  UNIVERSITY  OR  POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES
 AND A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10056-01-9

 S. 3844                             2
 
   3. "STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN PROGRAMS WHICH ARE COORDINATED BY
 COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AND THIRD PARTY  ENTI-
 TIES  IN  THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTU-
 NITY TO WORK OR STUDY, WHOLLY OR  IN  PRINCIPAL  PART,  OUTSIDE  OF  THE
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
   4. "STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR POST-
 SECONDARY  INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS THIRD PARTY ENTITIES THAT OFFER STUDY
 ABROAD PROGRAMS.
   § 6458. GENERAL PROVISIONS. STUDY ABROAD  ORGANIZATIONS  SHALL  PRIOR-
 ITIZE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY OF ITS STUDENTS THROUGH POLICIES,
 PROCEDURES, ADVISING, ORIENTATION, AND TRAINING.
   1.  STUDY  ABROAD  ORGANIZATIONS  SHALL PRIORITIZE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND
 SECURITY  IN  PROGRAM  DEVELOPMENT,  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MANAGEMENT  BY
 CONDUCTING  APPROPRIATE  RISK  ASSESSMENTS  FOR  SUCH  PROGRAM SITES AND
 ACTIVITIES, MAINTAINING WRITTEN EMERGENCY PLANS AND PROTOCOLS, AND IDEN-
 TIFYING AND LEVERAGING RELEVANT AUTHORITIES, NETWORKS AND RESOURCES.
   2. STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS' STAFF SHALL BE  TRAINED  TO  ANTICIPATE
 AND  RESPOND  RESPONSIBLY  TO STUDENT HEALTH, SAFETY, OR SECURITY ISSUES
 AND STUDENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED TRAINING TO RESPONSIBLY MANAGE THEIR  OWN
 HEALTH,  SAFETY,  AND  SECURITY WHILE ABROAD. STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS
 SHALL ESTABLISH MEASURES TO MONITOR AND ADVISE STUDENTS ON HEALTH, SAFE-
 TY, AND SECURITY ISSUES THROUGH THE UNITED STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE
 AND OTHER APPROPRIATE RESOURCES.
   3.  STUDY  ABROAD  ORGANIZATIONS  SHALL MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE INSURANCE
 POLICIES AT RECOMMENDED LEVELS, OPERATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH  LOCAL  LAWS,
 AND FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES IN REPORTING ON CRITICAL INCIDENTS.
   4.  STUDY  ABROAD  ORGANIZATIONS  MAY  ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS OF GOOD  PRACTICE  FOR  EDUCATION  ABROAD,
 MADE AVAILABLE BY THE FORUM ON EDUCATION ABROAD.
   §  6459.  REPORTING. 1. BEGINNING ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS ARTICLE, STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS SHALL MAKE AND FILE  AN  ANNUAL
 REPORT  TO THE DEPARTMENT BY AUGUST FIFTEENTH OF EACH YEAR.  SUCH REPORT
 SHALL BE PREPARED BY ALL REASONABLY AVAILABLE DATA AND SHALL CONSIST  OF
 DATA  FROM  THE  PREVIOUS  TWO  YEARS AND COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL HEALTH
 INSURANCE  PORTABILITY  AND  ACCOUNTABILITY  ACT  (HIPAA)  OF  1996,  AS
 AMENDED, TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1972 (20 U.S.C. SECTION
 1681,  ET. SEQ.) AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. DATA REPRESENTING
 INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE IN NUMERICAL FORM OMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION.
   2. THE REPORT MANDATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE:
   A. FOR THE PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEAR, INCLUDING SUMMER TERMS, THE  EFFEC-
 TIVENESS  OF  THE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM AT PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM CRIME
 AND HARM, WHETHER CHANGES TO SUCH PROGRAM ARE NEEDED AND HOW SUCH CHANG-
 ES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED;
   B. FOR THE TEN YEARS PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE REPORT, WHEN SUCH  DATA
 IS REASONABLY ATTAINABLE, THE NUMBER OF:
   I. DEATHS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING MANNER OF DEATH;
   II. ACCIDENTS AND ILLNESSES THAT RESULTED IN HOSPITALIZATION INCLUDING
 THE TYPE OF SUCH ACCIDENT OR ILLNESS;
   III. SEXUAL ASSAULTS AGAINST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS;
   IV. INCIDENTS THAT RESULTED IN A POLICE REPORT INCLUDING TYPE OF INCI-
 DENT; AND
   V.  WITH RESPECT TO THE INCIDENTS DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS I THROUGH
 IV OF THIS PARAGRAPH, WHETHER THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED:
   (1) DURING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION;
   (2) DURING STUDENTS OWN TIME;
   (3) ON CAMPUS;

 S. 3844                             3
 
   (4) OFF CAMPUS;
   (5) THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT; AND
   (6) THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
   C.  STUDY  ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS SHALL ALSO REPORT ON ETHICAL RELATION-
 SHIPS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST AVOIDANCE POLICIES WITH ALL  MAJOR  PART-
 NERS.
   § 6460. STUDENT RESOURCES. 1. STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS SHALL PROVIDE
 EACH  STUDENT  WHO  IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY
 ABROAD, WITH PRE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION ADVISING THAT INCLUDES:
   A. ALL CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL TRAVEL  WARNINGS  AND
 TRAVEL  ALERTS,  ISSUED BY THE BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS OF THE DEPART-
 MENT OF STATE FOR SUCH COUNTRIES;
   B. ALL CURRENT SAFETY ALERTS KNOWN WITHIN THIRTY MILES OF  THE  CAMPUS
 INCLUDING  INFORMATION  OBTAINED  BY STUDENTS FROM POST-TRIP ORIENTATION
 SESSIONS OR REPORTS; AND
   C. THE REPORTING INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS  IDENTIFIED
 IN SECTION SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  STUDY  ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS SHALL PROVIDE EACH STUDENT WHO RETURNS
 FROM A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM WITH AN ANONYMOUS  POST-SEMESTER  EVALUATION
 QUESTIONNAIRE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A DOCUMENTED EXIT INTERVIEW WHICH
 SHALL FOCUS ON THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS IN BEST PRACTICES AND STUDENT
 SAFETY.  THESE  REPORTS  ARE  TO  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON
 REQUEST.
   3. STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS SHALL INCLUDE REFERENCES TO  THE  AVAIL-
 ABILITY  OF  THE REPORTS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-
 NINE OF THIS ARTICLE AND THIS SECTION ON ALL WEBSITES AND PRINTED  MATE-
 RIALS.
   § 6461. PROGRAM ASSESSMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, USING EXISTING STAFF
 AND  BUDGET,  ASSESS  THE  EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS ARTICLE AND APPROPRIATE
 STATE REGULATION OF POSTSECONDARY STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS. THE  ASSESSMENT
 SHALL  FOCUS  ON  THE  PROTECTION,  THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS IN
 POSTSECONDARY STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS;  AND  THE  REPORTING  PROCESS.  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  MAKE  THEIR  ASSESSMENTS  AND THE REPORTS REQUIRED IN
 SECTION SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  TO  ANY  STATE
 LEGISLATOR UPON REQUEST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2019-S3844A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7010
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 130-A §§6457 & 6458, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7154, A7871
2021-2022: S6530, A316
2023-2024: A649

2019-S3844A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring postsecondary institutions that participate in study abroad programs to report crime and harm that occurs to participating students.

2019-S3844A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3844A

SPONSOR: STAVISKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring postsecondary institutions that participate in study abroad
programs to report crime and harm that occurs to participating students

 
PURPOSE:

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Safe Student Study
Abroad Act" also known as the "Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Student Study
Abroad Act." The bill will provide access to safety and mortality data
for study abroad programs similar to what the Clery Act provides for at
the federal level with regard to on-campus crime and deaths.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

The education law is amended by adding a new article 130-A, Safe Student
Study Abroad.

Section 6457 contains definitions.

Section 6458 specifies reporting requirements.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill is dedicated to Ravi Thackurdeen, the youngest child of Raj
and Roshni Thackurdeen. In 2012, 19-year old Ravi was a pre-med student
at Philadelphia's Swarthmore College. During his sophomore year, Ravi
enrolled in a third-party study abroad program with the Organization of
Tropical Studies (OTS). Along with fourteen other students, Ravi was to
study global health and tropical medicine in Costa Rica. The OTS course
included long work hours at botanical stations, as well as travel to
remote communities of indigenous peoples.  As the School of Record, Duke
University was to document and verify to Swarthmore that OTS's program
was credit-worthy.

Two days prior to the end of Ravi's semester-long course, OTS surprised
students with an end-of-program celebratory trip to a beach, Playa
Tortuga. Locals were familiar with Playa Tortuga's dangers.  However,
OTS staff had not comprehended that beneath the tranquil beauty multiple
rivers met the ocean, creating undertows and turbulence such that swim-
ming was to be avoided. As Ravi and another student waded knee deep into
the ocean, both were immediately caught in rip currents. While a tourist
was able to save the other student, Ravi was quickly pulled far from
shore. He treaded water for over half an hour, but help never came; OTS
staff hadn't brought with them even the most basic safety devices, such
as ropes and phones.

In the aftermath of Ravi's death, his mother, Ros, was shocked to learn
that her son was not the first study abroad death. She collected news
stories of other student deaths, gradually filling binders with names,
faces and stories. She spoke with newly bereaved families who also imag-
ined their child as "the first." She co-founded Protect Students Abroad
(PSA), a 501(c)(3), and with colleagues gradually came to understand
that there exists no requirement to transparently report deaths, inju-
ries, illnesses and crimes during education abroad. Since then, trans-
parency has been the been the single ask of PSA, for when schools do not

document and report safety outcomes, no one can knowledgeably speak
about risk during study abroad.

In the years since Ravi's death, Ros has been the driving force behind
New York legislation. While the Clery Act requires on-campus crime
reporting by academic institutions, and while Minnesota and Virginia
have recently passed study abroad legislation, all of these data sources
have weaknesses that New York State legislation intends to improve on.
The Ravi Act will produce data to inform evidence-based prevention stra-
tegies, thereby improving safety for future study abroad students.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S 7154 - referred to Higher Education.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S3844A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3844--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. STAVISKY, LAVALLE, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BIAGGI, GALLI-
   VAN, GAUGHRAN, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MAYER, MONTGOMERY, SKOUFIS, THOMAS --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee  discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring postsecon-
   dary institutions that participate in study abroad programs to  report
   crime and harm that occurs to participating students
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the  "Safe Student Study Abroad Act" also known as the "Ravi Thackurdeen
 Safe Student Study Abroad Act".
   § 2. Title 7 of the education law is amended by adding a  new  article
 130-A to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 130-A
                         SAFE STUDENT STUDY ABROAD
 SECTION 6457. DEFINITIONS.
         6458. REPORTING.
   §  6457.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "COLLEGE", "UNIVERSITY" AND "POSTSECONDARY" SHALL MEAN ANY INSTITU-
 TION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, RECOGNIZED AND APPROVED BY THE REGENTS,  WHICH
 PROVIDES  A  COURSE  OF STUDY LEADING TO THE GRANTING OF A POSTSECONDARY
 DEGREE OR DIPLOMA.
   2. "THIRD PARTY ENTITIES" SHALL MEAN ANY FOR PROFIT OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 BUSINESS  THAT IS NOT A COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION
 WHICH PROVIDES A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM OR COORDINATES A PROGRAM BETWEEN A
 COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION IN  THE  UNITED  STATES
 AND A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM.

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

                                                            LBD10056-02-9

 S. 3844--A                          2
 
   3. "STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN PROGRAMS WHICH ARE COORDINATED BY
 COLLEGE,  UNIVERSITY OR POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AND THIRD PARTY ENTI-
 TIES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH  THE  OPPORTU-
 NITY  TO  WORK  OR  STUDY,  WHOLLY  OR IN PRINCIPAL PART, OUTSIDE OF THE
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
   4. "STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATION" SHALL MEAN COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR POST-
 SECONDARY  INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS THIRD PARTY ENTITIES THAT OFFER STUDY
 ABROAD PROGRAMS.
   § 6458.  REPORTING. 1. BEGINNING ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS SHALL MAKE AND FILE AN ANNUAL
 REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT BY AUGUST FIFTEENTH OF EACH YEAR.  SUCH  REPORT
 SHALL  BE PREPARED BY ALL REASONABLY AVAILABLE DATA AND SHALL CONSIST OF
 DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS AND  COMPLY  WITH  THE  FEDERAL  HEALTH
 INSURANCE  PORTABILITY  AND  ACCOUNTABILITY  ACT  (HIPAA)  OF  1996,  AS
 AMENDED, TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1972 (20 U.S.C. SECTION
 1681, ET. SEQ.) AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. DATA  REPRESENTING
 INDIVIDUALS SHALL BE IN NUMERICAL FORM OMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION.
   2. THE REPORT MANDATED BY THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE:
   A.  FOR THE PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEAR, INCLUDING SUMMER TERMS, THE EFFEC-
 TIVENESS OF THE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM AT PROTECTING STUDENTS  FROM  CRIME
 AND HARM, WHETHER CHANGES TO SUCH PROGRAM ARE NEEDED AND HOW SUCH CHANG-
 ES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED;
   B. DEATHS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING MANNER OF DEATH;
   C.  ACCIDENTS AND ILLNESSES THAT RESULTED IN HOSPITALIZATION INCLUDING
 THE TYPE OF SUCH ACCIDENT OR ILLNESS;
   D. SEXUAL ASSAULTS AGAINST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS;
   E. INCIDENTS THAT RESULTED IN A POLICE REPORT INCLUDING TYPE OF  INCI-
 DENT; AND
   F.  WITH  RESPECT TO THE INCIDENTS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS B THROUGH E
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WHETHER THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED:
   I. DURING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION;
   II. DURING STUDENTS OWN TIME;
   III. ON CAMPUS; AND
   IV. OFF CAMPUS.
   G. THE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT;
   H. THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT; AND
   I. THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT.
   3. STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS SHALL ALSO REPORT ON  ETHICAL  RELATION-
 SHIPS  AND  CONFLICT OF INTEREST AVOIDANCE POLICIES WITH ALL MAJOR PART-
 NERS.
   4. COLLEGES WITH ENROLLMENTS BELOW THREE THOUSAND WILL REPORT DATA  TO
 THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  BE MADE AVAILABLE WITH THE INSTITUTION OF REFERENCE
 REDACTED.
   5. STUDY ABROAD ORGANIZATIONS SHALL INCLUDE REFERENCES TO  THE  AVAIL-
 ABILITY  OF  THE  REPORTS IDENTIFIED IN THIS SECTION ON ALL WEBSITES AND
 PRINTED MATERIALS.
   6. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE THE  REPORTS  REQUIRED  IN  THIS  SECTION
 AVAILABLE TO ANY STATE LEGISLATOR UPON REQUEST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2019-S3844 - Details

2019-S3844 - Summary

2019-S3844 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3844 - Bill Text download pdf

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2019-S3844A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S3844A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3844A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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