Assembly Bill A10569

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A10569 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8786
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §483-ee, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5505, S395

2021-A10569 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investigate connections between social media and human trafficking.

2021-A10569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10569
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 6, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen-
   thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  directing  the
   New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investi-
   gate connections between social media and human trafficking

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 483-ee of  the  social  services
 law,  as  amended by chapter 413 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) The task force shall: (1) collect and organize data on the  nature
 and  extent  of trafficking in persons in the state; (2) identify avail-
 able federal, state and local programs that provide services to  victims
 of  trafficking,  including but not limited to case management, housing,
 health care, mental health  counseling,  drug  addiction  screening  and
 treatment,  language  interpretation  and  translation services, English
 language instruction, job training and  placement  assistance,  post-em-
 ployment services for job retention, and services to assist the individ-
 ual  and any of his or her family members to establish a permanent resi-
 dence in  New  York  state  or  the  United  States;  (3)  consult  with
 governmental  and non-governmental organizations in developing recommen-
 dations to strengthen state and local efforts  to  prevent  trafficking,
 protect and assist victims of trafficking and prosecute traffickers; (4)
 establish  interagency  protocols  and  collaboration  between  federal,
 state, and local law enforcement, state and governmental agencies, child
 welfare  agencies,  and  non-governmental  organizations;  (5)  evaluate
 approaches  to  increase  public  awareness  about  trafficking and make
 recommendations on such approaches; (6) evaluate  the  effectiveness  of
 training  programs  on human trafficking that have been designed for law
 enforcement  personnel,  criminal  defense  attorneys,  social   service
 providers  and  non-governmental organizations, and make recommendations
 for improving the quality and effectiveness of such programs; (7)  meas-
 ure  and  evaluate  the progress of the state in preventing trafficking,
 protecting and providing assistance to victims of trafficking, and pros-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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