Bill Text: NY A11292 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes "Junior's law" which requires a business with fifty employees or less to provide safe haven to endangered children and creates a "safe walk home zone" program between local boards of education and school boards and local chambers of commerce.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-07-25 - referred to children and families [A11292 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A11292-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11292
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      July 25, 2018
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        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pichardo) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law and the education law, in
          relation to establishing Junior's law
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  "Junior's law".
     3    § 2.  Article 6 of the social services law is amended by adding a  new
     4  title 8-B to read as follows:
     5                                   TITLE 8-B
     6                     SAFE HAVENS FOR ENDANGERED CHILDREN
     7  Section 448-a. Definitions.
     8          448-b. Safe havens.
     9    § 448-a. Definitions. As used in this title:
    10    1.  The term "small business" shall mean a business with fifty employ-
    11  ees or less.
    12    2. The term "endangered child" shall mean an individual under the  age
    13  of  eighteen  who  has  had physical injury inflicted upon him or her by
    14  other than accidental means or is in imminent danger of physical injury.
    15    3. The term "safe haven" shall mean a temporary  place  of  refuge  or
    16  security  whereupon  an  endangered  child shall remain until the proper
    17  authorities arrive to mitigate an immediate threat.
    18    § 448-b. Safe havens. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
    19  law, pursuant to regulations  of  the  office  of  children  and  family
    20  services,  a  small  business  shall provide safe haven to an endangered
    21  child who enters upon such premises stating  an  immediate  threat  upon
    22  their wellbeing.
    23    2.  Such  small  business  shall notify the police immediately of such
    24  threat and permit such endangered  child  to  remain  until  the  police
    25  arrive.
    26    3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a small business
    27  who  knowingly  or  willfully  fails  to report under this title will be
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  subject to penalties determined by the commissioner  of  the  office  of
     2  children and family services.
     3    §  3.  Section  305  of  the  education law is amended by adding a new
     4  subdivision 57 to read as follows:
     5    57. The commissioner is authorized and directed to facilitate a  "safe
     6  walk  home  zone"  program in which local boards of education and school
     7  boards are required to work with local chambers of  commerce  to  create
     8  specific  areas  in which students are able to safely travel to and from
     9  school. The commissioner shall promulgate any necessary rules  or  regu-
    10  lations to guide in the creation of such program.
    11    §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately.  Effective immediately,
    12  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    13  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    14  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
    15  effective date.