Senate Bill S383

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the cost effectiveness of consultant contracts by state agencies

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2022 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S383 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2022
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7782
2013-2014: S5643, A9698
2015-2016: S6810, A2499
2019-2020: S6048, A5459
2021-2022: S5356, A8159
2023-2024: A6912

2017-S383 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the cost effectiveness of consultant contracts by state agencies; defines "consultant services".

2017-S383 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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