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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Social  Services -- reference changed to the Committee on Codes --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the composition
  of the interagency task force on human trafficking and their meetings;
  and to amend chapter 74 of the laws of 2007 amending  the  penal  law,
  the  criminal  procedure  law, the correction law, the social services
  law, and the executive law relating to human trafficking, in  relation
  to extending the interagency task force on human trafficking

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 483-ee of the social  services  law,  as  added  by
chapter  74 of the laws of 2007, subdivision (a) as amended by section 5
of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S  483-ee.  Establishment of interagency task force on human traffick-
ing. (a) There is established an interagency task force  on  trafficking
in persons, which shall consist of the following members or their desig-
nees: (1) the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services;
(2)  the  commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assist-
ance; (3) the commissioner of health; (4) the commissioner of the office
of mental health; (5) the commissioner of labor; (6) the commissioner of
the office of children and family services; (7) the commissioner of  the
office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services; (8) the director of
the office of victim services; (9) the executive director of the  office
for  the  prevention of domestic violence; [and] (10) the superintendent
of the division of state police; AND THE FOLLOWING  ADDITIONAL  MEMBERS,
WHO  SHALL BE PROMPTLY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, EACH FOR A TERM OF TWO
YEARS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON'S MEMBERSHIP SHALL CONTINUE AFTER  SUCH
TWO YEAR TERM UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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A MEMBER MAY BE REAPPOINTED IF AGAIN RECOMMENDED IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED
IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION:  (11)  TWO MEMBERS, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE;  (12)  TWO
MEMBERS,  WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF
THE ASSEMBLY; (13) TWO MEMBERS, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE  RECOMMEN-
DATION  OF  THE  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATION  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE THAT
RECEIVES THE LARGEST SHARE OF FUNDS, APPROPRIATED  BY  AND  THROUGH  THE
STATE BUDGET, FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AS
SHALL  BE  IDENTIFIED ANNUALLY IN WRITING BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET;
AND (14) ONE MEMBER, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION; and others  as  may  be
necessary  to  carry  out  the  duties  and  responsibilities under this
section. The task force will be co-chaired by the commissioners  of  the
division  of  criminal  justice services and the office of temporary and
disability assistance, or their designees.  It shall meet as often as is
necessary, BUT NO LESS THAN THREE TIMES  PER  YEAR,  and  under  circum-
stances  as are appropriate to fulfilling its duties under this section.
ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH WRITTEN NOTICE REASONABLY IN  ADVANCE
OF EACH MEETING WITH DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF SUCH MEETING.
  (b)  The task force shall: (1) collect and organize data on the nature
and extent of trafficking in persons in the state; (2)  identify  avail-
able  federal, state and local programs that provide services to victims
of trafficking, including but not limited to case  management,  housing,
health  care,  mental  health  counseling,  drug addiction screening and
treatment, language interpretation  and  translation  services,  English
language  instruction,  job  training and placement assistance, post-em-
ployment services for job retention, and services to assist the individ-
ual and any of his or her family members to establish a permanent  resi-
dence  in  New  York  state  or  the  United  States;  (3)  consult with
governmental and non-governmental organizations in developing  recommen-
dations  to  strengthen  state and local efforts to prevent trafficking,
protect and assist victims of trafficking and prosecute traffickers; (4)
establish  interagency  protocols  and  collaboration  between  federal,
state, and local law enforcement, state and governmental agencies, child
welfare  agencies,  and  non-governmental  organizations;  (5)  evaluate
approaches to increase  public  awareness  about  trafficking  and  make
recommendations  on  such  approaches; (6) evaluate the effectiveness of
training programs on human trafficking that have been designed  for  law
enforcement   personnel,  criminal  defense  attorneys,  social  service
providers and non-governmental organizations, and  make  recommendations
for  improving the quality and effectiveness of such programs; [and] (7)
measure and evaluate the progress of the state in  preventing  traffick-
ing,  protecting and providing assistance to victims of trafficking, and
prosecuting persons engaged in trafficking; AND (8) CONVENE ANY  SUBCOM-
MITTEE  NECESSARY,  PROVIDED  SUCH  SUBCOMMITTEE HAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE OR GOVERNOR, TO CONSIDER SPECIFIC ISSUES, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT
LIMITED TO: FEDERAL, STATE AND/OR LOCAL COOPERATION; JUVENILES AND HUMAN
TRAFFICKING;  THE  IMPORTANCE  OF  TRAINING  AND WHO SHOULD RECEIVE SUCH
TRAINING; HOW DATA IS COMPILED AND SHARED; SERVICES FOR AND TREATMENT OF
DOMESTIC VERSUS FOREIGN BORN VICTIMS.
  (c) [One year from the effective date of this section, or  earlier  if
deemed  appropriate, the task force shall report to the governor and the
legislature on these issues,] THE TASK FORCE SHALL REPORT TO THE  GOVER-
NOR,  THE  SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE  MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE

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SENATE  NO  LESS  THAN  ANNUALLY, and it shall [thereafter] ADDITIONALLY
issue such reports and recommendations as it deems  necessary  to  carry
out its duties and responsibilities.
  S  2. Section 14 of chapter 74 of the laws of 2007, amending the penal
law, the criminal procedure law, the correction law, the social services
law, and the executive law relating to human trafficking, as amended  by
chapter 24 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  S  14.    This  act  shall  take  effect on the first of November next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law;  provided  that
section 483-ee of the social services law, as added by section eleven of
this  act,  shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full force
and effect until September 1,  [2013]  2017  when  upon  such  date  the
provisions  of  such  section  shall  expire  and  be  deemed  repealed.
Provided, effective immediately, the addition, amendment  and/or  repeal
of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely implementation of the
provisions  of  article  10-D  of  the  social services law, as added by
section eleven of this act, on its effective date are authorized  to  be
made on or before such effective date.
  S  3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments to section 483-ee of the social services law made by  section  one
of  this  act  shall  not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
deemed repealed therewith.