New York S 5756: Creates a transparency database for contracted not-for-profit organizations

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S05756 Summary:

BILL NOS05756A

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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.

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BILL NOS05756A

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

04/28/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

04/28/2026PRINT NUMBER 5756A

05/05/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5756--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 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:

 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 2 179-ff to read as follows:
 3 § 179-ff. Not-for-profit transparency database. 1. For the purposes of
 4 promoting transparency, accountability, and accessibility, a database
 5 shall be created by the state comptroller that shall include a list of
 6 not-for-profit organizations, as defined in subdivision seven of section
 7 one hundred seventy-nine-q of this article, that are in the process of
 8 being approved for contracts, that have received certificates of
 9 approval, are approved for contracts, have received renewal contracts,
 10 or have been the recipient of fully-executed contracts with the state of
 11 New York.
 12 2. (a) The database shall be made publicly accessible and at a mini-
 13 mum, be searchable by year, category of issue area, location, including
 14 senate and assembly districts respectively, and by organization name.
 15 The comptroller may, at their discretion, add additional searchable
 16 criteria but shall at no time remove the criteria described in this
 17 subdivision.
 18 (b) The database shall include, for each entry, a brief description of
 19 each contract's purpose.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09286-02-6

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 1 3. The state comptroller shall at all times keep the database up to
 2 date, in working condition, and shall make sufficient allocation as
 3 appropriate for the proper maintenance of the database.
 4 4. The state comptroller will work in conjunction with any relevant
 5 state agencies and departments, as appropriate, including the office of
 6 the attorney general, to collect and keep up to date all data relevant
 7 for the maintenance of such database.
 8 5. The database shall be made operational and accessible to the public
 9 no later than July first, two thousand twenty-seven.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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