Bill Text: NY A00887 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to human trafficking awareness and training; requires employees of lodging facilities to have training in the recognition of a human trafficking victim; requires the division of criminal justice services, the office of temporary and disability assistance and the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to approve a human trafficking recognition training program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-4)
Status: (Introduced) 2021-01-06 - referred to economic development [A00887 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A00887-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 887 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, HUNTER, GALEF, J. M. GIGLIO, RICHARDSON, DE LA ROSA, McDONOUGH, SIMON, QUART, GOTTFRIED, BICHOTTE, ABBATE, OTIS, J. RIVERA, FAHY, WEPRIN, NIOU -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, JEAN-PIERRE, MORINELLO, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to human traffick- ing awareness and training for certain lodging facility employees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 205 to read as follows: 3 § 205. Human trafficking awareness and training. 1. Human trafficking 4 recognition training program. a. For purposes of this section, "lodging 5 facility" shall mean any inn, hotel, motel, motor court or other estab- 6 lishment that provides lodging to transient guests. Such term shall not 7 include an establishment treated as a dwelling unit for the purposes of 8 any state or local law or regulation or an establishment located within 9 a building that has five or less rooms for rent or hire and that is 10 actually occupied as a residence by the proprietor of such establish- 11 ment. 12 b. Every lodging facility shall require all employees who are likely 13 to interact or come into contact with guests to undergo a human traf- 14 ficking recognition training program to provide training in the recogni- 15 tion of a human trafficking victim as defined in section four hundred 16 eighty-three-aa of the social services law. Such training program shall 17 be established or approved by the division of criminal justice services 18 and the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation 19 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking. The 20 training program may be developed by a federal, state, or non-profit 21 organization, and may be incorporated as part of the lodging facility's EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01846-01-1A. 887 2 1 existing training programs or may be provided by organizations or 2 providers identified by the commissioner of the division of criminal 3 justice services or the commissioner of the office of temporary and 4 disability assistance, provided that the training includes all of the 5 requirements of this section. Established or approved training programs 6 may be made available through methods including, but not limited to, 7 in-person instruction, electronic and video communication, or online 8 programs. 9 c. Any human trafficking recognition training program established or 10 approved by the division of criminal justice services and the office of 11 temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the New York 12 state interagency task force on human trafficking as required in this 13 section shall address no less than the following issues: 14 (i) the nature of human trafficking; 15 (ii) how human trafficking is defined in law; 16 (iii) how to identify victims of human trafficking; 17 (iv) relief and recovery options for survivors; and 18 (v) social and legal services available to victims. 19 d. The commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and 20 the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance 21 shall make available a list of established or approved human trafficking 22 recognition programs for use by a lodging facility. 23 e. All new employees required to receive human trafficking recognition 24 training shall receive such training within their first month of employ- 25 ment. 26 f. The training shall take place on the premises of the lodging facil- 27 ity and shall be considered compensable time. 28 2. Record keeping requirements of human trafficking recognition train- 29 ing. Every keeper of each lodging facility shall maintain records indi- 30 cating that each employee required to undergo an established or approved 31 human trafficking recognition training program pursuant to this section 32 has completed such training. Such records shall be kept on file by the 33 lodging facility for the period during which the employee is employed by 34 the lodging facility and for one year after such employment ends. 35 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 36 have become a law; provided however, paragraph d of subdivision 1 of 37 section 205 of the general business law, as added by section one of this 38 act shall take effect immediately; provided further that all applicable 39 current employees of a lodging facility on the effective date of this 40 act shall receive human trafficking recognition training within four 41 months of the effective date of this act.
