Bill Text: NY S08743 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-11 - signed chap.257 [S08743 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08743-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8743

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 13, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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-
    25  ing and services for human trafficking survivors and their annual  fund-
    26  ing  levels, broken down by contract; (2) the number of contracts and/or
    27  services that have ended, been terminated or not renewed and the  reason

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  why; (3) the types of housing and/or services that are provided, as well
     2  as  the availability of such services, including the geographic location
     3  of such housing or service; and (4) any other information the office  of
     4  temporary and disability assistance deems appropriate.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     6  it shall have become a law.