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                                 4967--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, HEVESI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services --
  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Social Services in accordance with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  requiring  the
  commissioner  of  social  services  to make available on its website a
  poster with  information  regarding  the  national  human  trafficking
  resource center hotline

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

  Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
483-ff to read as follows:
  S  483-FF.  NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER HOTLINE POSTER.
(A) THE COMMISSIONER OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE  SHALL  MAKE
PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE NATIONAL
HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCES CENTER (NHTRC) HOTLINE POSTER, OR CREATE AND
MAKE AVAILABLE A VARIATION THEREOF.
  (B) THE POSTER SHALL:
  (1) BE AVAILABLE FOR PRINTING, AT A MINIMUM, IN ENGLISH AND ALL  OTHER
LANGUAGES THAT THE NHTRC POSTER IS AVAILABLE IN;
  (2)  BE  AT  LEAST EIGHT AND ONE-HALF INCHES BY ELEVEN INCHES IN SIZE;
AND
  (3) IF CREATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
  "IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS BEING FORCED TO ENGAGE IN ANY  ACTIVITY
AND  CANNOT  LEAVE - WHETHER IT IS COMMERCIAL SEX, HOUSEWORK, FARM WORK,
OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITY -  CALL  THE  NATIONAL  HUMAN  TRAFFICKING
RESOURCE CENTER HOTLINE AT 1-888-373-7888 TO ACCESS HELP AND SERVICES.
  VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PROTECTIONS AND SERVICES
UNDER UNITED STATES AND NEW YORK STATE LAW.
  THE HOTLINE IS:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (1) AVAILABLE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK;
  (2) TOLL FREE;
  (3) OPERATED BY A NON-PROFIT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;
  (4) ANONYMOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL;
  (5) ACCESSIBLE IN ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY LANGUAGES; AND
  (6)  ABLE TO PROVIDE HELP, REFERRAL TO SERVICES, TRAINING, AND GENERAL
INFORMATION."
  (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  CONSULT  WITH  OTHER  STATE  AGENCIES  AND
ORGANIZATIONS  THAT  HE  OR SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE TO ENCOURAGE THAT SUCH
POSTERS ARE LOCATED IN PUBLIC PLACES WHERE TRAFFICKING  VICTIMS  MAY  BE
PRESENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: HIGHWAY REST STOPS, BUS STATIONS,
TRUCK  STOPS, AIRPORTS, ADULT OR SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, HOSPITALS
AND URGENT CARE CENTERS. IN CONSULTING WITH SUCH AGENCIES AND  ORGANIZA-
TIONS,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ADVISE THAT POSTERS SHOULD BE PLACED IN
CONSPICUOUS LOCATIONS NEAR PRIMARY PUBLIC ENTRANCES OR OTHER AREAS WHERE
POSTERS AND NOTICES ARE CUSTOMARILY POSTED ON THE PREMISES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law;  provided, however, that effective immediately the
commissioner of temporary and disability  assistance  is  authorized  to
adopt  any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of
this act on such effective date.