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NY A08376
Bill
Status
5/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Dinowitz
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AI Summary
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Requires all private transportation services (rail, motorbus, paratransit, charter bus, ferry) to have customer-facing employees complete human trafficking recognition training
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Mandates the Division of Criminal Justice Services and Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to develop a standardized training program in consultation with the Department of Labor and the Interagency Task Force on Human Trafficking
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Training program must cover the nature and legal definition of human trafficking, how to identify victims, relief and recovery options for survivors, and available social and legal services
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Commissioners must complete and make the training program available within six months of the act's effective date
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Defines "customer-facing employee" as any employee whose job involves direct interaction or communication with customers
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
referred to social services
1/7/2026