Bill Text: NY A04117 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires children's non-regulated camps to ascertain whether an employee or volunteer is listed on the sex offender registry using the United States department of justice national sex offender public website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-17 - signed chap.530 [A04117 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04117-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4117

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to children's non-re-
          gulated camps

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1394-d of the public health law, as added by  chap-
     2  ter 248 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  1394-d.  Requirement  to check sex offender registry. Every person,
     4  firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which oper-
     5  ates a children's non-regulated camp as defined in section three hundred
     6  ninety-eight-f of the general business law shall be required  to  ascer-
     7  tain  whether an employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offen-
     8  der registry pursuant to article six-C of the  correction  law  and  the
     9  national  sex  offender  registry  using the [national crime information
    10  center, established under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act
    11  of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.)] United States department  of  justice
    12  national  sex  offender public website prior to the day such employee or
    13  volunteer commences work at such camp and annually thereafter  prior  to
    14  their arrival at such camp.
    15    §  2.  Section  1392-a of the public health law, as amended by chapter
    16  248 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
    17    § 1392-a. Requirement to check sex offender  registry.  Every  person,
    18  firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which oper-
    19  ates a children's overnight camp shall be required, to ascertain whether
    20  an  employee  or  volunteer is listed on the state sex offender registry
    21  pursuant to article six-C of the correction law  and  the  national  sex
    22  offender  registry  using the [national crime information center, estab-
    23  lished under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act of 2006  (42
    24  U.S.C.  16901 et seq.)] United States department of justice national sex
    25  offender public website prior to the  day  such  employee  or  volunteer

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  commences  work  at  said  camp  and  annually thereafter prior to their
     2  arrival at said camp.
     3    §  3.  Section  1394-a of the public health law, as amended by chapter
     4  248 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 1394-a. Requirement to check sex offender  registry.  Every  person,
     6  firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which oper-
     7  ates  a  summer  day  camp  shall  be  required, to ascertain whether an
     8  employee or volunteer is listed  on  the  state  sex  offender  registry
     9  pursuant  to  article  six-C  of the correction law and the national sex
    10  offender registry using the [national crime information  center,  estab-
    11  lished  under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act of 2006 (42
    12  U.S.C. 16901 et seq.)] United States department of justice national  sex
    13  offender  public  website  prior  to  the day such employee or volunteer
    14  commences work at said camp  and  annually  thereafter  prior  to  their
    15  arrival at said camp.
    16    §  4.  Section  1394-b of the public health law, as amended by chapter
    17  248 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
    18    § 1394-b. Requirement to check sex offender  registry.  Every  person,
    19  firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which oper-
    20  ates a traveling summer day camp shall be required, to ascertain whether
    21  an  employee  or  volunteer is listed on the state sex offender registry
    22  pursuant to article six-C of the correction law  and  the  national  sex
    23  offender  registry  using the [national crime information center, estab-
    24  lished under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act of 2006  (42
    25  U.S.C.  16901 et seq.)] United States department of justice national sex
    26  offender public website prior to the  day  such  employee  or  volunteer
    27  commences  work  at  said  camp  and  annually thereafter prior to their
    28  arrival at said camp.
    29    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.