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                                    518
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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 career first responders,
   emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency  medical  techni-
   cians

   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-j
 to read as follows:
   §  214-J. 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 FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 BASIC TRAINING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT COURSE TRAINING  CURRICULA.  DIVERSITY
 TRAINING  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  BY AN ACCREDITED EDUCATOR AND/OR ACCREDI-
 TATION BODY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   2. THE ACCREDITATION BODY SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO SUCH
 POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES  TO  MUNICIPAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES  AND
 DEPARTMENTS,  FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMU-
 NITY SUPERVISION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH
 CURRICULA BY SUCH AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
   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-J 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-J 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-J 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
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 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-J OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  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 CAREER FIRST RESPON-
 DERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECH-
 NICIANS AND FOR ALL NEW FIRST RESPONDERS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS
 AND ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVER-
 SITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 FOURTEEN-J OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.