Bill Text: NY S06145 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training for the licensing of nail specialty, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S06145 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06145-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6145 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 30, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training for the licensing of nail specialty, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 408-b of the general business law, as amended by 2 chapter 71 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The 4 department shall [ensure that] require at least one hour of domestic 5 violence and sexual assault awareness education courses [are made avail-6able to] for all licensees and applicants for a license or renewal 7 pursuant to this article and that such courses are made available and 8 are offered through the department's website. Such courses shall be 9 available in each of the top ten languages spoken in the state, other 10 than English, according to the latest available data from the United 11 States Census Bureau. The department, in consultation with the office 12 for the prevention of domestic violence and advocacy groups recognized 13 by the federal department of health and human services or the federal 14 department of justice, which have the ability to coordinate statewide 15 and with local communities on programming and educational materials 16 related to the prevention and intervention of domestic violence or sexu- 17 al assault in New York state, shall develop and provide access to domes- 18 tic violence and sexual assault awareness education courses appropriate 19 for those licensed under this article. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 21 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10582-02-3