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                                   8579
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2020
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 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the general  municipal  law  and  the
   town  law,  in  relation  to  requiring the inclusion of diversity and
   inclusion training in the basic  training  and  pre-employment  course
   curriculums  for  state  police officers and municipal police officers
   and sheriffs; to amend the  general  municipal  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  the  inclusion  of  diversity and inclusion training in the
   basic training and pre-employment course curricula for members of fire
   departments and companies; to amend the correction law, in relation to
   requiring the inclusion of diversity and  inclusion  training  in  the
   basic  training  and  pre-employment  course  curricula for correction
   officers; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring
   the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic  train-
   ing and pre-employment course curricula for first responders, emergen-
   cy medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  214-g
 to read as follows:
   §  214-G. TRAINING. 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ESTABLISH POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES REQUIRING THAT STATE POLICE BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT
 COURSE CURRICULA INCLUDE TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF DIVERSITY  AND  INCLU-
 SION, INCLUDING TRAINING PERTAINING TO APPROPRIATE SENSITIVITY TO ISSUES
 OF  RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, AGE AND DISA-
 BILITIES. SUCH TRAINING SHALL COMPRISE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY  PERCENT  OF
 THE  BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE TRAINING CURRICULA. DIVER-
 SITY TRAINING SHALL BE PROVIDED BY AN ACCREDITED EDUCATOR AND/OR TRAINER
 APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE.
   2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE  SHALL  PROVIDE  INFORMATION
 PERTAINING  TO SUCH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCIES  AND  DEPARTMENTS,  FIRE   DEPARTMENTS,   THE   DEPARTMENT   OF
 CORRECTIONS  AND  COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR
 IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH CURRICULA BY SUCH AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE SHALL PROMULGATE  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
 208-i to read as follows:
   § 208-I. MANDATORY POLICE OFFICER DIVERSITY TRAINING. THE CHIEF  OFFI-
 CER  OF  EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE STATE SHALL
 ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRIC-
 ULA FOR ALL MEMBERS OF SUCH OFFICE OR DEPARTMENT AND FOR ALL CURRENT AND
 NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  DIVERSITY  POLICIES  AND
 PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-G OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 3. Section 204-d of the general municipal law, as amended by section
 44  of  part  B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 204-d. Duties of the fire chief. 1.  The  fire  chief  of  any  fire
 department or company shall, in addition to any other duties assigned to
 him  by  law or contract, to the extent reasonably possible determine or
 cause to be determined the cause of each fire  or  explosion  which  the
 fire  department  or  company has been called to suppress. He shall file
 with the office of fire prevention and control a report containing  such
 determination  and  any  additional  information required by such office
 regarding the fire or explosion. The report shall be in the form  desig-
 nated  by  such  office.  He  shall contact or cause to be contacted the
 appropriate investigatory authority if he has reason to believe the fire
 or explosion is of incendiary or suspicious origin. For all  fires  that
 are  suspected to have been ignited by a cigarette, within fourteen days
 after completing the investigation into such fire, the fire chief  shall
 forward to the office of fire prevention and control information detail-
 ing,  to  the  extent  possible: (a) the specific brand and style of the
 cigarette suspected of having ignited such fire; (b) whether  the  ciga-
 rette  package  was marked as required by subdivision six of section one
 hundred fifty-six-c of the executive  law;  and  (c)  the  location  and
 manner in which such cigarette was purchased.
   2. THE FIRE CHIEF OF ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT OR COMPANY IN THE STATE SHALL
 ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRIC-
 ULA  FOR  ALL  MEMBERS  OF  SUCH  FIRE DEPARTMENT OR COMPANY AND FOR ALL
 CURRENT AND NEW EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVERSITY POLICIES  AND
 PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-G OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  4. The town law is amended by adding a new section 155-a to read as
 follows:
   § 155-A. MANDATORY POLICE OFFICER DIVERSITY TRAINING. THE CHIEF  OFFI-
 CER  OF  EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLE-
 MENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL  MEMBERS
 OF  SUCH OFFICE AND FOR ALL CURRENT AND NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THE DIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  5.  The  correction  law is amended by adding a new section 22-b to
 read as follows:
   § 22-B. MANDATORY CORRECTION OFFICER DIVERSITY TRAINING.  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT
 COURSE CURRICULA FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR  ALL  CURRENT
 AND  NEW OFFICER EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVERSITY POLICIES AND
 PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN-G OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW.

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   § 6. Section 3002 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
   2-C.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  STATE EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL SERVICES COUNCIL, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT  BASIC  TRAINING
 AND  PRE-EMPLOYMENT  COURSE  CURRICULA FOR ALL CURRENT FIRST RESPONDERS,
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS
 AND FOR ALL NEW FIRST  RESPONDERS,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS  AND
 ADVANCED  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVERSITY
 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 FOURTEEN-G OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.