Bill Text: NY A00057 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology and establishes such education programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-20 - approval memo.62 [A00057 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00057-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           57
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, BLAKE --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to  the
          Committee on Economic Development
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
          domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education  for  persons
          engaged  in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styl-
          ing, esthetics and cosmetology
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 403 of the general business law,
     2  as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of 2017, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3.  The  advisory  committee shall advise the secretary on all matters
     5  relating to this article, and on such other  matters  as  the  secretary
     6  shall  request.  In advising the secretary on matters concerning profes-
     7  sional education or curriculum, inclusive of the maintenance of cultural
     8  and ethnic awareness within the prescribed curriculum in regard to  hair
     9  types,  including,  but not limited to, curl pattern, hair strand thick-
    10  ness, and volume of hair, the advisory committee shall,  to  the  extent
    11  practicable,  consult with the state education department.  The advisory
    12  committee is directed, in consultation with the department of state, the
    13  New York state office for the prevention of  domestic  violence  and  an
    14  advocacy  group recognized by the federal department of health and human
    15  services, which has the ability to coordinate statewide and  with  local
    16  communities  on  programming  and  educational  materials related to the
    17  prevention and intervention of domestic violence in New York  state,  to
    18  develop,  provide  for  and  integrate  awareness  training  on domestic
    19  violence and sexual assault for all prospective students seeking  to  be
    20  licensed  under  this  article.  Further, on a voluntary basis for those
    21  seeking to renew their license as provided for in this article to devel-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01833-01-9
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     1  op and provide access to educational material for domestic violence  and
     2  sexual assault awareness.
     3    §  2.  Subdivision  6  of  section 408 of the general business law, as
     4  amended by section 1 of part Y of chapter 60 of the  laws  of  2011,  is
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    6. Any license, which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the
     7  payment  of  the  renewal fee, be renewed for additional periods of four
     8  years from its application, without further examination, upon the filing
     9  of an application for such renewal, on a form to be  prescribed  by  the
    10  secretary.   When an applicant seeks to renew their license, the depart-
    11  ment shall notify applicants of voluntary domestic violence  and  sexual
    12  assault  awareness  education  courses  that can be accessed through the
    13  department's website.
    14    § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 408-b
    15  to read as follows:
    16    § 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The
    17  department shall ensure that domestic violence and sexual assault aware-
    18  ness education courses are made available to all  licensees  and  appli-
    19  cants  for  a  license or renewal pursuant to this article and that such
    20  courses are offered through the department's website. The department, in
    21  consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence and
    22  an advocacy group recognized by the federal  department  of  health  and
    23  human  services,  which has the ability to coordinate statewide and with
    24  local communities on programming and educational  materials  related  to
    25  the  prevention and intervention of domestic violence in New York state,
    26  shall develop and provide access to domestic violence and sexual assault
    27  awareness education courses appropriate for those  licensed  under  this
    28  article.
    29    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    30  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    31  ly,  the  addition and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
    32  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized  and
    33  directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.