Bill Text: NY A08645 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of social services to submit a report on the services provided to human trafficking survivors for the purpose of assessing the availability, utilization and necessity for such services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-11 - signed chap.257 [A08645 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08645-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8645

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     October 2, 2019
                                       ___________

        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 requiring the
          commissioner of social services to submit a  report  on  the  services
          provided to human trafficking survivors

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

     1    Section 1. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by  adding
     2  a new subdivision (d-1) to read as follows:
     3    (d-1)  in consultation with the commissioner of the division of crimi-
     4  nal justice, submit a report to the governor, the speaker of the  assem-
     5  bly,  the temporary president of the senate and the chairs of the assem-
     6  bly and senate standing committee on social services,  on  the  services
     7  provided to human trafficking survivors for the purpose of assessing the
     8  availability,  utilization  and necessity for such services. The initial
     9  report shall be provided one year  after  the  effective  date  of  this
    10  subdivision and annually thereafter and shall include, but not be limit-
    11  ed to, the following:
    12    (i)  the  number  of human trafficking referrals made to the office of
    13  temporary and disability assistance including the  number  of  confirmed
    14  cases;
    15    (ii)  the  number of human trafficking survivors that received housing
    16  and/or services, with specific information about the type of housing  or
    17  service;
    18    (iii)  the  number of human trafficking survivors that did not receive
    19  housing and/or services, and an indication as to what  type  of  housing
    20  and/or  service  was  requested and whether such housing and/or services
    21  were denied due to a lack of availability or because the  case  was  not
    22  confirmed; and
    23    (iv)  information  pertaining  to  the  types  of services provided by
    24  providers such as: (1) the number of current contracts to provide  hous-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13831-01-9

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     1  ing  and services for human trafficking survivors and their annual fund-
     2  ing levels, broken down by contract; (2) the number of contracts  and/or
     3  services  that have ended, been terminated or not renewed and the reason
     4  why; (3) the types of housing and/or services that are provided, as well
     5  as  the availability of such services, including the geographic location
     6  of such housing or service; and (4) any other information the office  of
     7  temporary and disability assistance deems appropriate.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     9  it shall have become a law.
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