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Senate Bill S5756A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Creates a transparency database for contracted not-for-profit organizations

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2025-S5756 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §179-ff, St Fin L

2025-S5756 - Summary

Creates a transparency database for contracted not-for-profit organizations; provides such database will include those that are in the process of being approved for contracts, that have received certificates of approval, are approved for contracts, have received renewal contracts, or have been the recipient of fully-executed contracts with the state of New York.

2025-S5756 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5756 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5756
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to creating a  trans-
   parency database for contracted not-for-profit organizations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended to add a new section  179-
 ff to read as follows:
   § 179-FF. NOT-FOR-PROFIT TRANSPARENCY DATABASE. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 PROMOTING  TRANSPARENCY,  ACCOUNTABILITY,  AND ACCESSIBILITY, A DATABASE
 SHALL BE CREATED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER THAT SHALL INCLUDE A  LIST  OF
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION
 ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE-Q OF THIS ARTICLE, THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
 BEING  APPROVED  FOR  CONTRACTS,  THAT  HAVE  RECEIVED  CERTIFICATES  OF
 APPROVAL,  ARE  APPROVED FOR CONTRACTS, HAVE RECEIVED RENEWAL CONTRACTS,
 OR HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF FULLY-EXECUTED CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK.
   2. (A) THE DATABASE SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND AT  A  MINI-
 MUM,  BE SEARCHABLE BY YEAR, CATEGORY OF ISSUE AREA, LOCATION, INCLUDING
 SENATE AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY, AND  BY  ORGANIZATION  NAME.
 THE  COMPTROLLER  MAY,  AT  THEIR  DISCRETION, ADD ADDITIONAL SEARCHABLE
 CRITERIA BUT SHALL AT NO TIME REMOVE  THE  CRITERIA  DESCRIBED  IN  THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   (B) THE DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE, FOR EACH ENTRY, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
 EACH CONTRACT'S PURPOSE.
   3.  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER SHALL AT ALL TIMES KEEP THE DATABASE UP TO
 DATE, IN WORKING CONDITION, AND  SHALL  MAKE  SUFFICIENT  ALLOCATION  AS
 APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPER MAINTENANCE OF THE DATABASE.
   4.  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER WILL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY RELEVANT
 STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS, AS APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING THE OFFICE  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09286-01-5
 S. 5756                             2

2025-S5756A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Procurement And Contracts
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §179-ff, St Fin L

2025-S5756A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a transparency database for contracted not-for-profit organizations; provides such database will include those that are in the process of being approved for contracts, that have received certificates of approval, are approved for contracts, have received renewal contracts, or have been the recipient of fully-executed contracts with the state of New York.

2025-S5756A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5756A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5756--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and  Contracts
   --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Procurement  and Contracts in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to creating a  trans-
   parency database for contracted not-for-profit organizations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 179-ff to read as follows:
   § 179-FF. NOT-FOR-PROFIT TRANSPARENCY DATABASE. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 PROMOTING  TRANSPARENCY,  ACCOUNTABILITY,  AND ACCESSIBILITY, A DATABASE
 SHALL BE CREATED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER THAT SHALL INCLUDE A  LIST  OF
 NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION
 ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE-Q OF THIS ARTICLE, THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
 BEING  APPROVED  FOR  CONTRACTS,  THAT  HAVE  RECEIVED  CERTIFICATES  OF
 APPROVAL,  ARE  APPROVED FOR CONTRACTS, HAVE RECEIVED RENEWAL CONTRACTS,
 OR HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF FULLY-EXECUTED CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK.
   2. (A) THE DATABASE SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND AT  A  MINI-
 MUM,  BE SEARCHABLE BY YEAR, CATEGORY OF ISSUE AREA, LOCATION, INCLUDING
 SENATE AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY, AND  BY  ORGANIZATION  NAME.
 THE  COMPTROLLER  MAY,  AT  THEIR  DISCRETION, ADD ADDITIONAL SEARCHABLE
 CRITERIA BUT SHALL AT NO TIME REMOVE  THE  CRITERIA  DESCRIBED  IN  THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   (B) THE DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE, FOR EACH ENTRY, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
 EACH CONTRACT'S PURPOSE.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09286-02-6
 S. 5756--A                          2

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