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                                   8786
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2022
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  directing  the
   New York state interagency task force on human trafficking to investi-
   gate connections between social media and human trafficking

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 483-ee of  the  social  services
 law,  as  amended by chapter 413 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (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; (7)  meas-
 ure  and  evaluate  the progress of the state in preventing trafficking,
 protecting and providing assistance to victims of trafficking, and pros-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ecuting persons engaged in trafficking; [and] (8) EVALUATE  THE  USE  OF
 SOCIAL  MEDIA  IN  AND  ITS  CONTRIBUTION  TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND (9)
 convene any subcommittee 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 coop-
 eration; juveniles and human trafficking; the importance of training and
 who  should  receive such training; how data is compiled and shared; and
 services for and treatment of domestic versus foreign born victims.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to  section  483-ee  of the social services law made by
 section one of this act shall not affect the expiration  and  repeal  of
 such section and shall be deemed to expire and repeal therewith.