Senate Bill S4375

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to employee human trafficking recognition training

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Social Services Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4375 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §483-gg, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5524
2021-2022: S736

2023-S4375 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the standardized human-trafficking recognition training program for private transportation services employees; requires private transportation services to require all employees to undergo a human-trafficking recognition training program established by the division of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the department of transportation and the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking.

2023-S4375 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4375 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4375
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 employee human
   trafficking recognition training;  and  relating  to  authorizing  the
   establishment of a standardized human trafficking recognition training
   program for private transportation services
 
   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-gg to read as follows:
   §  483-GG. HUMAN-TRAFFICKING RECOGNITION TRAINING; PRIVATE TRANSPORTA-
 TION SERVICES.  ANY PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  RAIL  PASSENGER  SERVICE,  MOTORBUS REGULAR ROUTE SERVICE,
 PARATRANSIT SERVICE,  MOTORBUS  CHARTER  SERVICE,  AND  FERRY  PASSENGER
 SERVICE,  SHALL  REQUIRE  ALL  CUSTOMER-FACING  EMPLOYEES  TO  UNDERGO A
 HUMAN-TRAFFICKING RECOGNITION TRAINING PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE  DIVI-
 SION  OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISA-
 BILITY ASSISTANCE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR  AND  THE
 NEW  YORK  STATE  INTERAGENCY  TASK FORCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.  FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "CUSTOMER-FACING EMPLOYEE" SHALL  MEAN
 ANY  EMPLOYEE  WHOSE  JOB INVOLVES INTERACTING OR COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY
 WITH CUSTOMERS.
   § 2. In consultation with the New York Interagency Task Force on Human
 Trafficking and the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
 sion of criminal justice services and the commissioner of the office  of
 temporary and disability assistance shall together establish a standard-
 ized  human-trafficking  recognition  training  program for employees of
 private transportation services.  The  commissioners  may  use  federal,
 state,  and  non-profit organization sources provided that such training
 program shall address no less than the following issues:
   (a) The nature of human trafficking;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08745-01-3
              

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