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History
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to aging
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to aging
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–1
- Ordered to third reading cal.1285
- Reported and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to aging
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Authorizes a pooled purchasing program for certain services and commodities
In Assembly Committee · Aging · Sponsor Jeffrey Dinowitz
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4875
Title of bill
An act to amend the elder law, in relation to authoriz- ing a pooled purchasing program for certain services and commodities
Purpose
To reduce costs of commodities and services to authorized agencies an local service providers in the aging network.
Summary of provisions
Adds a new subdivision 11 to section 203 of the elder law, to authorize the state office for the aging to coordinate, encourage, and cooperate in the of a pooled purchasing program for certain services and commod- ities, including but not limited to liability and vehicle insurance and gasoline on behalf of entities, programs, and services for the aging over which it has jurisdiction, oversight, or other contractual relationship. The agency is also required to develop a process to work with OGS to bring these agencies into the non-state agency services and commodities purchasing program through centralized contracts.
Existing law
New bill.
Justification
The ability to pool purchasing requests for services, commodities, auto- mobile and liability insurance and other items should result in lower costs for those entities under the jurisdiction of SOFA. Note that this does not require that SOFA establish a pool, only that it help in the creation of such pool or pools.
Prior legislative history
S.6964 - 2007-08 Referred to Aging,Committed to Rules S.2026 - 2009-10 Referred to Aging, Committed to Rules S.2174 - 2091 Referred to Aging, Referred to Finance 2012 - Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediate.
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