New York S 5938: Relates to conforming and improving the process for determining incapacity

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S05938 Summary:

BILL NOS05938 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05472

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §13, Exec L

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Requires the governor to prepare an annual preliminary management report of the state and a final management report of the state which includes an assessment of performance goals and measures and other information pertaining to the actions of state agencies.

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BILL NOS05938 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5938

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the governor
 to prepare an annual management report of the state

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "service
 2 delivery transparency act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 13 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 13. State management report. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this
 6 section:
 7 (a) "State agency" shall mean any state department, board, bureau,
 8 division, commission, committee, public authority, public benefit corpo-
 9 ration, council, office, or other governmental entity in the executive
 10 branch of government performing a governmental or proprietary function
 11 for the state.
 12 (b) "Performance goals" shall mean goals and metrics which: (i)
 13 provide improved transparency to the public about the state's perform-
 14 ance and quality of life in the state; (ii) are in a format that allows
 15 the public to better understand the agency's service delivery processes,
 16 including what occurs at each step of the process and how long each step
 17 takes to complete; and (iii) are updated as frequently as practicable
 18 and shall provide the most recent data with a minimum of lag time.
 19 2. Not later than January thirtieth of each year, the governor shall
 20 make public and submit to the temporary president of the senate and the
 21 speaker of the assembly a preliminary management report of the state and
 22 not later than September fifteenth of each year the governor shall make
 23 public and submit to the temporary president of the senate and the
 24 speaker of the assembly a management report of the state.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09237-01-5

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 1 3. The preliminary management report shall contain for each state
 2 agency:
 3 (a) a statement of actual performance for the first six months of the
 4 current fiscal year relative to the performance goals and measures
 5 established for such year;
 6 (b) proposed performance goals and measures for the next fiscal year,
 7 reflecting budgetary decisions made as of the date of submission of the
 8 proposed budget submitted annually by the governor to the legislature;
 9 (c) an explanation in narrative and/or tabular form of significant
 10 changes in the performance goals and measures from the current budget to
 11 the proposed budget submitted annually by the governor to the legisla-
 12 ture; and
 13 (d) an appendix indicating the relationship between the performance
 14 goals and measures included in the management report and the correspond-
 15 ing appropriations contained in the proposed budget submitted annually
 16 by the governor to the legislature.
 17 4. The management report shall contain for each agency:
 18 (a) performance goals for the current fiscal year and a statement and
 19 explanation of performance measures;
 20 (b) a statement of actual performance for the entire previous fiscal
 21 year relative to performance goals;
 22 (c) a statement of the status of the agency's internal control envi-
 23 ronment and systems, including a summary of any actions taken during the
 24 previous fiscal year, and any actions being