Bill Text: NY S05524 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the standardized human-trafficking recognition training program for private transportation services employees; requires private transportation services to require all employees to undergo a human-trafficking recognition training program established by the division of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the department of transportation and the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES [S05524 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05524-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5524
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 6, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  employee  human
          trafficking  recognition  training;  and  relating  to authorizing the
          establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training
          program for private transportation services
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
     2  483-gg to read as follows:
     3    § 483-gg. Human-trafficking recognition training; private  transporta-
     4  tion  services.   Any private transportation service, including, but not
     5  limited to, rail passenger  service,  motorbus  regular  route  service,
     6  paratransit  service,  motorbus  charter  service,  and  ferry passenger
     7  service, shall  require  all  customer-facing  employees  to  undergo  a
     8  human-trafficking  recognition training program established by the divi-
     9  sion of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and  disa-
    10  bility  assistance  in consultation with the department of labor and the
    11  New York state interagency task force on human  trafficking.    For  the
    12  purposes  of this section the term "customer-facing employee" shall mean
    13  any employee whose job involves interacting  or  communicating  directly
    14  with customers.
    15    § 2. In consultation with the New York Interagency Task Force on Human
    16  Trafficking and the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
    17  sion  of criminal justice services and the commissioner of the office of
    18  temporary and disability assistance shall together establish a standard-
    19  ized human-trafficking recognition training  program  for  employees  of
    20  private  transportation  services.  The  commissioners  may use federal,
    21  state, and non-profit organization sources provided that  such  training
    22  program shall address no less than the following issues:
    23    (a) The nature of human trafficking;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (b) How human trafficking is defined in law;
     2    (c) How to identify victims of human trafficking;
     3    (d) Relief and recovery options for survivors; and
     4    (e) Social and legal services available to victims.
     5    The  commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and the
     6  commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance  shall
     7  complete  the human-trafficking recognition training program and make it
     8  available for use no more than six months after the  effective  date  of
     9  this act.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.