Bill Text: NY S06063 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires children's non-regulated camps to ascertain whether an employee or volunteer is listed on the sex offender registry using the United States department of justice national sex offender public website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-09 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4117 [S06063 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06063-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6063 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 28, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to children's non-re- gulated camps The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1394-d of the public health law, as added by chap- 2 ter 248 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 1394-d. Requirement to check sex offender registry. Every person, 4 firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which oper- 5 ates a children's non-regulated camp as defined in section three hundred 6 ninety-eight-f of the general business law shall be required to ascer- 7 tain whether an employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offen- 8 der registry pursuant to article six-C of the correction law and the 9 national sex offender registry using the [national crime information10center, established under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act11of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.)] United States department of justice 12 national sex offender public website prior to the day such employee or 13 volunteer commences work at such camp and annually thereafter prior to 14 their arrival at such camp. 15 § 2. Section 1392-a of the public health law, as amended by chapter 16 248 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 17 § 1392-a. Requirement to check sex offender registry. Every person, 18 firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which oper- 19 ates a children's overnight camp shall be required, to ascertain whether 20 an employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offender registry 21 pursuant to article six-C of the correction law and the national sex 22 offender registry using the [national crime information center, estab-23lished under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act of 2006 (4224U.S.C. 16901 et seq.)] United States department of justice national sex 25 offender public website prior to the day such employee or volunteer EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03125-01-3S. 6063 2 1 commences work at said camp and annually thereafter prior to their 2 arrival at said camp. 3 § 3. Section 1394-a of the public health law, as amended by chapter 4 248 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 1394-a. Requirement to check sex offender registry. Every person, 6 firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which oper- 7 ates a summer day camp shall be required, to ascertain whether an 8 employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offender registry 9 pursuant to article six-C of the correction law and the national sex 10 offender registry using the [national crime information center, estab-11lished under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act of 2006 (4212U.S.C. 16901 et seq.)] United States department of justice national sex 13 offender public website prior to the day such employee or volunteer 14 commences work at said camp and annually thereafter prior to their 15 arrival at said camp. 16 § 4. Section 1394-b of the public health law, as amended by chapter 17 248 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 18 § 1394-b. Requirement to check sex offender registry. Every person, 19 firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which oper- 20 ates a traveling summer day camp shall be required, to ascertain whether 21 an employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offender registry 22 pursuant to article six-C of the correction law and the national sex 23 offender registry using the [national crime information center, estab-24lished under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act of 2006 (4225U.S.C. 16901 et seq.)] United States department of justice national sex 26 offender public website prior to the day such employee or volunteer 27 commences work at said camp and annually thereafter prior to their 28 arrival at said camp. 29 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
