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                                    395
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
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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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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-
 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.