Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 07, 2018 |
tabled vetoed memo.272 |
Nov 26, 2018 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2018 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1920 substituted for s383 |
Jun 19, 2018 |
substituted by a2022 ordered to third reading cal.1920 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to finance |
Jan 04, 2017 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S383
Vetoed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2022 - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2017-S383 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S383 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S383 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the cost effectiveness of consultant contracts by state agencies PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Sets forth conditions when an agency shall enter into a contract for consultant services. Requires agencies to conduct a cost comparison prior to entering into a contract for consultant services to determine if there is a less expensive alternative. SUMMARY PROVISIONS : Amends the state finance law by amending section 163 to add a new subdivision 16, setting forth conditions that must be met when an agency shall enter into a contract for consulting services of more than $250,000, The agency shall compare costs to determine whether the work can be performed at lower cost by utilizing state employees rather than consultants. Certain exceptions are specified when this cost comparison is not required. The agency must retain documentation of the cost comparison as a public record. JUSTIFICATION :
2017-S383 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 383 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the cost effec- tiveness of consultant contracts by state agencies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest to enact a cost benefit review process when a state agency enters into contracts for personal services. New York State spends over $3.5 billion annually on personal service contracts, over $840 million more than the State spent on these contracts in SFY 2003-04, a 32% increase. Despite an Executive Order that has implemented a post contract review process for some personal service contracts the cost of those contracts continues to escalate every year well above the inflation rate. In addition the State Finance Law does not require state agencies to compare the cost or quality of personal services to be provided by consultants with the cost or quality of providing the same services by the state employees. Numerous audits by the Office of State Comptroller as well as a KPMG study commissioned by the department of transportation have found that consultants hired under personal service contracts can cost between fifty percent and seventy-five percent more than state employees that do the exact same work including the cost of state employee benefits. The Contract Disclo- sure Law (Chapter 10 of the laws of 2006) required consultants who provide personal services to file forms for each contract that outline how many consultants they hired, what titles they employed them in and how much they paid them. A review of these forms show that the average consultant makes about fifty percent more than state employees doing comparable work. It is in the public interest for state agencies to compare the cost of doing work by consultants with the cost of doing the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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