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Assembly Bill A1595

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for priority status to victims of human trafficking for the receipt of certain assistance

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2023-A1595 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S393
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §627, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10641, S8773
2025-2026: A3022, S1645

2023-A1595 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for priority for applications and expedited determination of claims for a human trafficking victim who wishes to remove permanent marks that were part of the trafficking of such victim, including but not limited to, tattoos, markings, brandings, or other symbols or insignia.

2023-A1595 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1595
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  providing  priority
   status  to  victims  of  human  trafficking for the receipt of certain
   assistance
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 627 of
 the executive law, as added by section 18 of part A-1 of chapter  56  of
 the  laws  of 2010, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read
 as follows:
   (f) expedited determination of claims with respect to a livery  opera-
 tor within thirty days of the date upon which the claim was accepted for
 filing,  as  well as standards for awards of loss of earnings or support
 granted pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with
 the provisions of this subdivision and subdivision three of section  six
 hundred  thirty-one  of  this  article.  Each award for loss of earnings
 pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated in  accordance  with  this
 subdivision  made  with  respect  to a claim involving a livery operator
 assault victim shall be for such period of time as the office determines
 that the livery operator assault victim is unable to work and  has  lost
 earnings  as a result of such assault, in an amount not to exceed twenty
 thousand dollars. Such award shall be distributed in increments of  five
 hundred  dollars  per  week.  Each award for loss of support pursuant to
 rules and regulations promulgated in accordance  with  this  subdivision
 made with respect to a claim involving a livery operator homicide victim
 shall be in the amount of twenty thousand dollars, distributed in incre-
 ments of five hundred dollars per week; [and]
   (g)  provisions for any claimant to submit an additional claim for any
 loss of earnings or support in excess of the amount awarded pursuant  to
 rules  and regulations in accordance with paragraph (f) of this subdivi-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02460-01-3

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