Bill Text: NY A08018 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 economic development [A08018 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08018-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8018

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    September 1, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Economic Development

        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-
     6  able 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