Bill Text: NY A03419 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mandates the establishment of a standard uniform anti-trafficking recognition training program and requires employees of hotel and gaming facilities to undergo such program.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-12 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [A03419 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03419-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3419
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TITONE,  PAULIN,  BARRETT, ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED,
         COLTON, MOSLEY, SCARBOROUGH, GALEF, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. ARROYO, CAMARA, McKEVITT, RIVERA -- read once  and  referred  to
         the Committee on Economic Development
       AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to employee human
         trafficking recognition training;  and  relating  to  authorizing  the
         establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training
         program
         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  210 to read as follows:
    3    S 210. HUMAN-TRAFFICKING RECOGNITION TRAINING. ANY ESTABLISHMENT  THAT
    4  CONSTITUTES  A GAMING FACILITY AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF
    5  SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED ONE OF THE  RACING,  PARI-MUTUEL  WAGERING  AND
    6  BREEDING LAW, SHALL REQUIRE ALL EMPLOYEES TO UNDERGO A HUMAN-TRAFFICKING
    7  RECOGNITION  TRAINING  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  BY THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
    8  JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE
    9  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON HUMAN
   10  TRAFFICKING.  HOWEVER, FOR CLASS III  GAMING  ESTABLISHMENTS  AUTHORIZED
   11  UNDER  THE  INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT, 25 U.S.C. S 2701, ET SEQ., THE
   12  GAMING COMMISSION SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST,  SUCH  HUMAN-TRAF-
   13  FICKING RECOGNITION TRAINING PROGRAM.
   14    S  2.    In  consultation  with the New York Interagency Task Force on
   15  Human Trafficking, the commissioner of the division of criminal  justice
   16  services  and the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability
   17  assistance shall together  establish  a  standardized  human-trafficking
   18  recognition  training  program  for  employees of gaming facilities. The
   19  commissioners may use federal, state, and non-profit organization sourc-
   20  es provided that such training program shall address no  less  than  the
   21  following issues:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03798-01-5
       A. 3419                             2
    1    (a) The nature of human trafficking;
    2    (b) How human trafficking is defined in law;
    3    (c) How to identify victims of human trafficking;
    4    (d) Relief and recovery options for survivors; and
    5    (e) Social and legal services available to victims.
    6    The  commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and the
    7  commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance  shall
    8  complete  the human-trafficking recognition training program and make it
    9  available for use no more than six months after the  effective  date  of
   10  this act.
   11    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.