2016 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (Public Health) HOSPITALS
2805-Y - Indentification and assessment of human trafficking victims.

*    2805-y.  Identification  and  assessment  of  human  trafficking
  victims.  1. As used in this section:
(a) "human trafficking victim" shall have the  meaning  set  forth  in
  section four hundred eighty-three-aa of the social services law;
(b)  "subject  facility"  shall mean a general hospital, public health
  center, diagnostic center, treatment center or outpatient department;
(c) "subject facility personnel" shall mean nursing,  medical,  social
  work  and  other  clinical care personnel, and security personnel in the
  subject facility service units; and
(d) "subject facility service units" shall mean the service  units  of
  the  subject  facility  that  include the following areas: (i) emergency
  services;  (ii)  pediatrics;  (iii)  obstetrics  and  gynecology;   (iv)
  orthopedics;   (v)   internal  medicine;  (vi)  family  medicine;  (vii)
  radiology; (viii) surgery; (ix) psychiatry; and (x) dental  services  to
  the  extent  the  subject  facility maintains a dental clinic, center or
  department on site of the subject facility.
2. Every  subject  facility  shall  provide  for  the  identification,
  assessment,  and  appropriate treatment or referral of persons suspected
  as human trafficking victims, and in the case of persons under  eighteen
  years  old,  the  reporting  of  such persons as an abused or maltreated
  child if required under title six of article six of the social  services
  law. The subject facility shall establish and implement written policies
  and  procedures  under  this  section  which  shall apply to all subject
  facility service units.
3. Every subject facility shall provide, on an ongoing basis,  to  all
  subject   facility   personnel   training  regarding  the  policies  and
  procedures established under this section,  including  training  in  the
  recognition  of  indicators  of  a  human  trafficking  victim  and  the
  responsibilities of such personnel in dealing with persons suspected  as
  human  trafficking victims. Such training may be incorporated as part of
  the subject facility's existing training  programs,  provided  that  the
  training includes all of the requirements of this section.
4.  The  commissioner  may  identify  organizations  or  providers for
  consideration by subject  facilities  to  provide  training  under  this
  section.  The  commissioner  may,  in  consultation  with  the office of
  temporary and disability assistance  and  the  office  of  children  and
  family services, make regulations under this section.
* NB Effective November 4, 2017