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A00783 Summary:

BILL NOA00783
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02367
 
SPONSORBurdick
 
COSPNSRSeawright, Ra, Reyes, Epstein, Shimsky, Kassay, Carroll P, Slater, Norber, Griffin
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §4, Chap 565 of 2022
 
Makes permanent provisions relating to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons.
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A00783 Actions:

BILL NOA00783
 
01/08/2025referred to governmental operations
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A00783 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A783
 
SPONSOR: Burdick
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend chapter 565 of the laws of 2022 amending the state finance law relating to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons, in relation to the effectiveness thereof   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To make permanent changes to the state's preferred source program (PSP), a pioneering effort to use government's buying power to provide employ- ment opportunities for persons with disabilities. The PSP was created by state statute in 1975 to encourage employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. The PSP requires state agencies to give contracting preferences for certain services and products to organizations that employ the disabled and qualified veterans. PSP contracts must be cost competitive and NYS OGS approves all pricing. In 2022, amendments were made to the PSP statute to modernize the program's operations. This represented the first significant updates in the PSP since the program's inception in 1975. The modernization provisions eliminated outdated and offensive references to persons with disabilities. Modifications also were made to encourage more integrated work opportunities for persons with disabilities, consistent with the State's move to become an employ- ment first state and promote competitive integrated employment. The term workshop was removed and the law reduces from 75 percent to 50 percent the ratio of a PSP contract that must be performed by people with disabilities for those contracts performed by a Member Agency employing 10 or more FTE's. These modifications are set to expire Octo- ber 2025. The instant bill would make the modifications permanent. This Bill is consistent with Executive Order 40 making New York an Employment First state.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 makes permanent provisions of the state finance law enacted in 2022 that modernizes the State's Preferred Source Program. Section 2 establishes the effective date,   JUSTIFICATION: In 2022, the State enacted important modifications to the Preferred Source Program. These changes, which sunset in 2025, update references to persons with disabilities and promote integrated employment opportu- nities for persons with disabilities. Since enactment of these changes, employment hours for persons participating in the PSP have risen steadi- ly. This bill will ensure that these modifications remain in place, eliminating any ambiguity surrounding future operation of the PSP, and ensuring meaningful employment opportunities for persons with disabili- ties, a population that suffers from a 67% unemployment rate. Thousands of individuals with disabilities have received the appropriate vocational and rehabilitative training necessary to become first time taxpayers. In 2021 Rockefeller Institute of Government estimated that for every hour an individual with a disability is working on a preferred source contract there is a $108' local economic impact.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately upon enactment
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A00783 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           783
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend chapter 565 of the  laws  of  2022  amending  the  state
          finance  law  relating  to  preferred  source status for entities that
          provide employment to certain persons, in relation to  the  effective-
          ness thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 4 of chapter 565 of the laws of 2022  amending  the
     2  state  finance law relating to preferred source status for entities that
     3  provide employment to certain persons, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  [that  section
     5  one  of  this  act shall expire and be deemed repealed three years after
     6  such effective date; and provided further] that this act shall not apply
     7  to any contracts or requests for proposals issued by government entities
     8  before such date.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00040-01-5
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