N.Y. General Business Law § 205: Human trafficking awareness and training

§ 205. Human trafficking awareness and training. 1. Human trafficking

recognition training program. a. For purposes of this section, "lodging

facility" shall mean any inn, hotel, motel, motor court or other

establishment that provides lodging to transient guests. Such term shall

not include an establishment treated as a dwelling unit for the purposes

of any state or local law or regulation or an establishment located

within a building that has five or less rooms for rent or hire and that

is actually occupied as a residence by the proprietor of such

establishment.

b. Every lodging facility shall require all employees who are likely

to interact or come into contact with guests to undergo a human

trafficking recognition training program to provide training in the

recognition of a human trafficking victim as defined in section four

hundred eighty-three-aa of the social services law. Such training

program shall be established or approved by the division of criminal

justice services and the office of temporary and disability assistance

in consultation with the New York state interagency task force on human

trafficking. The training program may be developed by a federal, state,

or non-profit organization, and may be incorporated as part of the

lodging facility's existing training programs or may be provided by

organizations or providers identified by the commissioner of the

division of criminal justice services or the commissioner of the office

of temporary and disability assistance, provided that the training

includes all of the requirements of this section. Established or

approved training programs may be made available through methods

including, but not limited to, in-person instruction, electronic and

video communication, or online programs.

c. Any human trafficking recognition training program established or

approved by the division of criminal justice services and the office of

temporary and disability assistance in consultation with the New York

state interagency task force on human trafficking as required in this

section shall address no less than the following issues:

(i) the nature of human trafficking;

(ii) how human trafficking is defined in law;

(iii) how to identify victims of human trafficking; and

(iv) who to contact, such as the national human trafficking hotline,

which connects victims of human trafficking to:

(A) relief and recovery options; and

(B) social and legal services.

d. The commissioner of the division of criminal justice services and

the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance

shall make available a list online of established or approved human

trafficking recognition programs for use by a lodging facility.

e. All new employees required to receive human trafficking recognition

training shall receive such training within their first sixty days of

employment.

f. The training shall take place on the premises of the lodging

facility and shall be considered compensable time.

2. Record keeping requirements of human trafficking recognition

training. Every keeper of each lodging facility shall maintain records

indicating that each employee required to undergo an established or

approved human trafficking recognition training program pursuant to this

section has completed such training. Such records shall be kept on file

by the lodging facility for the period during which the employee is

employed by the lodging facility and for one year after such employment

ends.