Bill Text: NY S00341 | 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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S00341 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00341-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           341

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        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 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.
                                                                   LBD02221-01-1
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     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-employment
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     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.