Bill Text: NY A06576 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology and establishes such education programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - ordered to third reading rules cal.310 [A06576 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A06576-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6576--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, PAULIN, ORTIZ, MOSLEY, BLAKE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Economic Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styl- ing, esthetics and cosmetology The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 403 of the general business law, 2 as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. The advisory committee shall advise the secretary on all matters 5 relating to this article, and on such other matters as the secretary 6 shall request. In advising the secretary on matters concerning profes- 7 sional education or curriculum, inclusive of the maintenance of cultural 8 and ethnic awareness within the prescribed curriculum in regard to hair 9 types, including, but not limited to, curl pattern, hair strand thick- 10 ness, and volume of hair, the advisory committee shall, to the extent 11 practicable, consult with the state education department. The advisory 12 committee is directed, in consultation with the department of state, the 13 New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence and an 14 advocacy group recognized by the federal department of health and human 15 services, which has the ability to coordinate statewide and with local 16 communities on programming and educational materials related to the 17 prevention and intervention of domestic violence in New York state, to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09816-07-8A. 6576--B 2 1 develop, provide for and integrate awareness training on domestic 2 violence and sexual assault for all prospective students seeking to be 3 licensed under this article. Further, on a voluntary basis for those 4 seeking to renew their license as provided for in this article to devel- 5 op and provide access to educational material for domestic violence and 6 sexual assault awareness. 7 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 408 of the general business law, as 8 amended by section 1 of part Y of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is 9 amended to read as follows: 10 6. Any license, which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the 11 payment of the renewal fee, be renewed for additional periods of four 12 years from its application, without further examination, upon the filing 13 of an application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the 14 secretary. When an applicant seeks to renew their license, the depart- 15 ment shall notify applicants of voluntary domestic violence and sexual 16 assault awareness education courses that can be accessed through the 17 department's website. 18 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 408-b 19 to read as follows: 20 § 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The 21 department shall ensure that domestic violence and sexual assault aware- 22 ness education courses are made available to all licensees and appli- 23 cants for a license or renewal pursuant to this article and that such 24 courses are offered through the department's website. The department, in 25 consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence and 26 an advocacy group recognized by the federal department of health and 27 human services, which has the ability to coordinate statewide and with 28 local communities on programming and educational materials related to 29 the prevention and intervention of domestic violence in New York state, 30 shall develop and provide access to domestic violence and sexual assault 31 awareness education courses appropriate for those licensed under this 32 article. 33 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 34 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate- 35 ly, the addition and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for 36 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and 37 directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
