Bill Text: NY A01184 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Requires the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A01184 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01184-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Requires the inclusion of diversity and inclusion training in the basic training and pre-employment course curricula for state police officers and municipal police officers and sheriffs, members of fire departments and companies, corrections officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A01184 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01184-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1184 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, GUNTHER, WOERNER, THIELE, GRIFFIN, GOTTFRIED, HYNDMAN, GALEF, BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations 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 first responders, emergen- cy medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-g 2 to read as follows: 3 § 214-g. Training. 1. The superintendent shall establish policies and 4 procedures requiring that state police basic training and pre-employment 5 course curricula include training in the areas of diversity and inclu- 6 sion, including training pertaining to appropriate sensitivity to issues 7 of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age and disa- 8 bilities. Such training shall comprise not less than twenty percent of 9 the basic training and pre-employment course training curricula. Diver- 10 sity training shall be provided by an accredited educator and/or trainer 11 approved by the superintendent of the state police. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02221-01-1A. 1184 2 1 2. The superintendent of the state police shall provide information 2 pertaining to such policies and procedures to municipal law enforcement 3 agencies and departments, fire departments, the department of 4 corrections and community supervision and the department of health for 5 implementation of such curricula by such agencies and departments. 6 3. The superintendent of the state police shall promulgate rules and 7 regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section. 8 § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 9 208-i to read as follows: 10 § 208-i. Mandatory police officer diversity training. The chief offi- 11 cer of every police department and sheriff's office in the state shall 12 establish and implement basic training and pre-employment course curric- 13 ula for all members of such office or department and for all current and 14 new officer employees in accordance with the diversity policies and 15 procedures established pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-g of the 16 executive law. 17 § 3. Section 204-d of the general municipal law, as amended by section 18 44 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 § 204-d. Duties of the fire chief. 1. The fire chief of any fire 21 department or company shall, in addition to any other duties assigned to 22 him by law or contract, to the extent reasonably possible determine or 23 cause to be determined the cause of each fire or explosion which the 24 fire department or company has been called to suppress. He shall file 25 with the office of fire prevention and control a report containing such 26 determination and any additional information required by such office 27 regarding the fire or explosion. The report shall be in the form desig- 28 nated by such office. He shall contact or cause to be contacted the 29 appropriate investigatory authority if he has reason to believe the fire 30 or explosion is of incendiary or suspicious origin. For all fires that 31 are suspected to have been ignited by a cigarette, within fourteen days 32 after completing the investigation into such fire, the fire chief shall 33 forward to the office of fire prevention and control information detail- 34 ing, to the extent possible: (a) the specific brand and style of the 35 cigarette suspected of having ignited such fire; (b) whether the ciga- 36 rette package was marked as required by subdivision six of section one 37 hundred fifty-six-c of the executive law; and (c) the location and 38 manner in which such cigarette was purchased. 39 2. The fire chief of any fire department or company in the state shall 40 establish and implement basic training and pre-employment course curric- 41 ula for all members of such fire department or company and for all 42 current and new employees in accordance with the diversity policies and 43 procedures established pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-g of the 44 executive law. 45 § 4. The town law is amended by adding a new section 155-a to read as 46 follows: 47 § 155-a. Mandatory police officer diversity training. The chief offi- 48 cer of every police department in the state shall establish and imple- 49 ment basic training and pre-employment course curricula for all members 50 of such office and for all current and new officer employees in accord- 51 ance with the diversity policies and procedures established pursuant to 52 section two hundred fourteen-g of the executive law. 53 § 5. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 22-b to 54 read as follows: 55 § 22-b. Mandatory correction officer diversity training. The commis- 56 sioner shall establish and implement basic training and pre-employmentA. 1184 3 1 course curricula for all members of the department and for all current 2 and new officer employees in accordance with the diversity policies and 3 procedures established pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-g of the 4 executive law. 5 § 6. Section 3002 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 6 subdivision 2-c to read as follows: 7 2-c. The commissioner, in consultation with the state emergency 8 medical services council, shall establish and implement basic training 9 and pre-employment course curricula for all current first responders, 10 emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians 11 and for all new first responders, emergency medical technicians and 12 advanced emergency medical technicians in accordance with the diversity 13 policies and procedures established pursuant to section two hundred 14 fourteen-g of the executive law. 15 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
