Senate Bill S518

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  518--A
     Cal. No. 109
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PERSAUD, CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Finance  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee,
   ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
   by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,
   restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the general  municipal  law  and  the
   town  law,  in  relation  to  requiring the inclusion of diversity and
   inclusion training in the basic  training  and  pre-employment  course
   curriculums  for  state  police officers and municipal police officers
   and sheriffs; to amend the  general  municipal  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  the  inclusion  of  diversity and inclusion training in the
   basic training and pre-employment course curricula for members of fire
   departments and companies; to amend the correction law, in relation to
   requiring the inclusion of diversity and  inclusion  training  in  the
   basic  training  and  pre-employment  course  curricula for correction
   officers; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring
   the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic  train-
   ing  and  pre-employment course curricula for career first responders,
   emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency  medical  techni-
   cians
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  214-j
 to read as follows:
   §  214-J. TRAINING. 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ESTABLISH POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES REQUIRING THAT STATE POLICE BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT
 COURSE CURRICULA INCLUDE TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF DIVERSITY  AND  INCLU-
 SION, INCLUDING TRAINING PERTAINING TO APPROPRIATE SENSITIVITY TO ISSUES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02186-03-5
 S. 518--A                           2
 
 OF  RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, AGE AND DISA-
 BILITIES. SUCH TRAINING SHALL COMPRISE NOT LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE TRAINING  CURRICULA.  DIVERSITY
 TRAINING  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  BY AN ACCREDITED EDUCATOR AND/OR ACCREDI-
 TATION BODY.
   2. THE ACCREDITATION BODY SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO SUCH
 POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES  TO  MUNICIPAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES  AND
 DEPARTMENTS,  FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMU-
 NITY SUPERVISION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH
 CURRICULA BY SUCH AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
   3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE SHALL PROMULGATE  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
 208-i to read as follows:
   § 208-I. MANDATORY POLICE OFFICER DIVERSITY TRAINING. THE CHIEF  OFFI-
 CER  OF  EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE STATE SHALL
 ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRIC-
 ULA FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SUCH OFFICE OR DEPARTMENT AND FOR ALL CURRENT AND
 NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  DIVERSITY  POLICIES  AND
 PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-J OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 3. Section 204-d of the general municipal law, as amended by section
 44  of  part  B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 204-d. Duties of the fire chief. 1.  The  fire  chief  of  any  fire
 department or company shall, in addition to any other duties assigned to
 [him]  SUCH  FIRE  CHIEF  by  law  or contract, to the extent reasonably
 possible determine or cause to be determined the cause of each  fire  or
 explosion  which  the  fire  department  or  company  has been called to
 suppress.   [He] SUCH FIRE CHIEF shall file  with  the  office  of  fire
 prevention  and  control  a report containing such determination and any
 additional information required by such office  regarding  the  fire  or
 explosion.  The  report  shall be in the form designated by such office.
 [He] SUCH FIRE CHIEF shall contact or cause to be contacted  the  appro-
 priate  investigatory  authority  if  [he] SUCH FIRE CHIEF has reason to
 believe the fire or explosion is of incendiary or suspicious origin. For
 all fires that are suspected to have been ignited by a cigarette, within
 fourteen days after completing the investigation  into  such  fire,  the
 fire  chief  shall  forward to the office of fire prevention and control
 information detailing, to the extent possible: (a)  the  specific  brand
 and  style  of  the cigarette suspected of having ignited such fire; (b)
 whether the cigarette package was marked as required by subdivision  six
 of  section  one  hundred  fifty-six-c of the executive law; and (c) the
 location and manner in which such cigarette was purchased.
   2. THE FIRE CHIEF OF ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT OR COMPANY IN THE STATE SHALL
 ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRIC-
 ULA FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SUCH FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR  COMPANY  AND  FOR  ALL
 CURRENT  AND NEW EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVERSITY POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-J OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 4. The town law is amended by adding a new section 155-a to read  as
 follows:
   §  155-A. MANDATORY POLICE OFFICER DIVERSITY TRAINING. THE CHIEF OFFI-
 CER OF EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE SHALL ESTABLISH  AND  IMPLE-
 MENT  BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL MEMBERS
 OF SUCH OFFICE AND FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN  ACCORD-
 S. 518--A                           3
 
 ANCE  WITH THE DIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-J OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  5.  The  correction  law is amended by adding a new section 22-b to
 read as follows:
   § 22-B. MANDATORY CORRECTION OFFICER DIVERSITY TRAINING.  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT
 COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR  ALL  CURRENT
 AND  NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVERSITY POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-J OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 6. Section 3002 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   2-C.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  STATE EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL SERVICES COUNCIL, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT  BASIC  TRAINING
 AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL CURRENT CAREER FIRST RESPON-
 DERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECH-
 NICIANS  AND FOR ALL NEW FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
 AND ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVER-
 SITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 FOURTEEN-J OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  518--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PERSAUD, BROUK, CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, SEPULVEDA, WEBB
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Finance -- reported favorably  from  said  committee,
   ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed
   by  Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered,
   restored to third reading, amended and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining
   its  place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the Commit-
   tee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, the general municipal law and the
   town law, in relation to requiring the inclusion of cultural competen-
   cy training in the basic training and  pre-employment  course  curric-
   ulums  for  state  police  officers  and municipal police officers and
   sheriffs; to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring
   the inclusion of cultural competency training in  the  basic  training
   and  pre-employment  course  curricula for members of fire departments
   and companies; to amend the correction law, in relation  to  requiring
   the  inclusion  of  cultural competency training in the basic training
   and pre-employment course curricula for correction  officers;  and  to
   amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the inclusion of
   cultural  competency training in the basic training and pre-employment
   course curricula for career first responders, emergency medical  tech-
   nicians and advanced emergency medical technicians
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  214-j
 to read as follows:
   §  214-J. TRAINING. 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ESTABLISH POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES REQUIRING THAT STATE POLICE BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD02186-04-5
 S. 518--B                           2
 
 COURSE CURRICULA INCLUDE TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF  CULTURAL  COMPETENCY,
 INCLUDING  TRAINING  PERTAINING  TO APPROPRIATE SENSITIVITY TO ISSUES OF
 RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, AGE AND DISABILI-
 TIES.  SUCH  TRAINING  SHALL  COMPRISE NOT LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE TRAINING CURRICULA.    CULTURAL
 COMPETENCY  TRAINING  SHALL BE PROVIDED BY AN ACCREDITED EDUCATOR AND/OR
 ACCREDITATION BODY.
   2. THE ACCREDITATION BODY SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO SUCH
 POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES  TO  MUNICIPAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES  AND
 DEPARTMENTS,  FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMU-
 NITY SUPERVISION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH
 CURRICULA BY SUCH AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
   3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE SHALL PROMULGATE  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   4.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CULTURAL COMPETENCY"
 MEANS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT ENABLE A PERSON  TO  APPRECIATE,  UNDER-
 STAND  AND INTERACT WITH MEMBERS OF DIVERSE POPULATIONS WITHIN THE LOCAL
 COMMUNITY.
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 208-i to read as follows:
   §  208-I.  MANDATORY  POLICE OFFICER CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING. THE
 CHIEF OFFICER OF EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND  SHERIFF'S  OFFICE  IN  THE
 STATE  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT
 COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SUCH OFFICE OR  DEPARTMENT  AND  FOR
 ALL  CURRENT  AND  NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CULTURAL
 COMPETENCY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED FOURTEEN-J OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 3. Section 204-d of the general municipal law, as amended by section
 44  of  part  B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 204-d. Duties of the fire chief. 1.  The  fire  chief  of  any  fire
 department or company shall, in addition to any other duties assigned to
 [him]  SUCH  FIRE  CHIEF  by  law  or contract, to the extent reasonably
 possible determine or cause to be determined the cause of each  fire  or
 explosion  which  the  fire  department  or  company  has been called to
 suppress.   [He] SUCH FIRE CHIEF shall file  with  the  office  of  fire
 prevention  and  control  a report containing such determination and any
 additional information required by such office  regarding  the  fire  or
 explosion.  The  report  shall be in the form designated by such office.
 [He] SUCH FIRE CHIEF shall contact or cause to be contacted  the  appro-
 priate  investigatory  authority  if  [he] SUCH FIRE CHIEF has reason to
 believe the fire or explosion is of incendiary or suspicious origin. For
 all fires that are suspected to have been ignited by a cigarette, within
 fourteen days after completing the investigation  into  such  fire,  the
 fire  chief  shall  forward to the office of fire prevention and control
 information detailing, to the extent possible: (a)  the  specific  brand
 and  style  of  the cigarette suspected of having ignited such fire; (b)
 whether the cigarette package was marked as required by subdivision  six
 of  section  one  hundred  fifty-six-c of the executive law; and (c) the
 location and manner in which such cigarette was purchased.
   2. THE FIRE CHIEF OF ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT OR COMPANY IN THE STATE SHALL
 ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRIC-
 ULA FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SUCH FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR  COMPANY  AND  FOR  ALL
 CURRENT  AND  NEW  EMPLOYEES  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY
 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 FOURTEEN-J OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
 S. 518--B                           3
 
   §  4. The town law is amended by adding a new section 155-a to read as
 follows:
   §  155-A.  MANDATORY  POLICE OFFICER CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING. THE
 CHIEF OFFICER OF EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE  STATE  SHALL  ESTABLISH
 AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL
 MEMBERS  OF SUCH OFFICE AND FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES  ESTAB-
 LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-J OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  5.  The  correction  law is amended by adding a new section 22-b to
 read as follows:
   § 22-B. MANDATORY CORRECTION OFFICER CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING. THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC  TRAINING  AND  PRE-EM-
 PLOYMENT  COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR ALL
 CURRENT AND NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CULTURAL COMPE-
 TENCY POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED FOURTEEN-J OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  6. Section 3002 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   2-C. THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  STATE  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICES  COUNCIL, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING
 AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL CURRENT CAREER FIRST RESPON-
 DERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECH-
 NICIANS AND FOR ALL NEW FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS
 AND  ADVANCED  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE
 CULTURAL COMPETENCY POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-J OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.