Assembly Bill A3331

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires law enforcement and district attorneys offices to advise human trafficking victims of the availability of social and legal services

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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-A3331 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S924
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §483-cc, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A7967, S8042

2021-A3331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires law enforcement agencies and district attorney's offices to advise human trafficking victims of the availability of social and legal services; unless law enforcement agencies and district attorney's offices are notified by the victim that they do not want such services, such law enforcement agency shall contact the appropriate provider and request that a representative be provided.

2021-A3331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3331
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to advising human
   trafficking victims of the availability of social and legal services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  483-cc  of the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (c) to read as follows:
   (C) PROMPTLY UPON AN ENCOUNTER WITH A PERSON WHO REASONABLY APPEARS TO
 A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE  TO  BE  A  HUMAN
 TRAFFICKING  VICTIM,  OR A PERSON WHO IDENTIFIES HIMSELF OR HERSELF AS A
 HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM, SUCH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR DISTRICT ATTOR-
 NEY'S OFFICE SHALL  ADVISE  SUCH  PERSON  OF  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  THE
 SERVICES OF SPECIFIC, ESTABLISHED PROVIDERS OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES
 TO  HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.  EACH LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
 SHALL MAINTAIN AND SHALL UPDATE, AT  LEAST  ONCE  ANNUALLY,  A  LIST  OF
 ESTABLISHED  PROVIDERS OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING
 VICTIMS WITHIN THE SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED, AT
 LEAST ONCE ANNUALLY, TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
 OFFICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.  IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE  EFFECTIVELY  WITH
 SUCH  PERSON,  THE  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
 MAY PROVIDE SUCH INDIVIDUAL WITH A BROCHURE OR  OTHER  WRITTEN  MATERIAL
 TRANSLATED  INTO  THE  SIX  MOST  COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY
 INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN  THE  STATE  OR  IN  THE
 APPLICABLE  COUNTY,  CITY, OR TOWN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHERE SUCH PERSON
 IS NOT PROFICIENT IN ONE OF SUCH LANGUAGES, THE LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY
 OR  DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SHALL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO COMMUNI-
 CATE EFFECTIVELY WITH SUCH PERSON, USING AN INTERPRETER  OR  INTERPRETA-
 TION  SERVICES, WHERE PRACTICABLE.  UNLESS, AFTER RECEIVING SUCH ADVICE,
 THE APPARENT VICTIM EXPRESSES THAT HE OR SHE DOES NOT WISH THE  PRESENCE
 OF  A  REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH AN ESTABLISHED PROVIDER OF SOCIAL OR LEGAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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