New York S 498: Relates to the enactment of the Safer Consumption Services Act

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S00498 Summary:

BILL NOS00498 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08376

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §483-gg, Soc Serv L

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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.

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BILL NOS00498 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 498

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 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:

 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 2 483-gg to read as follows:
 3 § 483-gg. Human-trafficking recognition training; private transporta-
 4 tion services. Any private transportation service, including, but not
 5 limited to, rail passenger service, motorbus regular route service,
 6 paratransit service, motorbus charter service, and ferry passenger
 7 service, shall require all customer-facing employees to undergo a
 8 human-trafficking recognition training program established by the divi-
 9 sion of criminal justice services and the office of temporary and disa-
 10 bility assistance in consultation with the department of labor and the
 11 New York state interagency task force on human trafficking. For the
 12 purposes of this section the term "customer-facing employee" shall mean
 13 any employee whose job involves interacting or communicating directly
 14 with customers.
 15 § 2. In consultation with the New York Interagency Task Force on Human
 16 Trafficking and the commissioner of labor, the commissioner of the divi-
 17 sion of criminal justice services and the commissioner of the office of
 18 temporary and disability assistance shall together establish a standard-
 19 ized human-trafficking recognition training program for employees of
 20 private transportation services. The commissioners may use federal,
 21 state, and non-profit organization sources provided that such training
 22 program shall address no less than the following issues:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01864-01-5

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 1 (a) The nature of human trafficking;
 2 (b) How human trafficking is defined in law;
 3 (c) How to identify victims of human trafficking;
 4 (d) Relief and recovery options for survivors; and
 5 (e) Social and legal services available to victims.
 6 The commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and the
 7 commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance shall
 8 complete the human-trafficking recognition training program and make it
 9 available for use no more than six months after the effective date of
 10 this act.
 11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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