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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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. LBD13831-01-9A. 8645 2 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.