 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- 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 the reporting of demo-
          graphic data
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-c
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 170-c. Reporting of demographic data. 1. Every state agency,  board,
     4  or  commission  that  directly  or  by contract reports demographic data
     5  resulting from any inspections or pending cases it authorizes or  penal-
     6  ties  it imposes, shall base such disaggregated data on race, gender and
     7  region.
     8    2. The demographic data collected pursuant to subdivision one of  this
     9  section   shall   be   included  in  every  report  resulting  from  any
    10  inspections, pending cases or penalties by the state agency,  board,  or
    11  commission  published  or  released on or after July first, the calendar
    12  year following the effective date of this section.  The  data  shall  be
    13  made  available  to the public in accordance with state and federal law,
    14  except for personal  identifying  information,  which  shall  be  deemed
    15  confidential, by posting such data on the internet website of the agency
    16  on  or before July first, the calendar year following the effective date
    17  of this section, and annually thereafter. This subdivision shall not  be
    18  construed  to prevent any other state agency from posting data collected
    19  pursuant to subdivision one of this section on the agency's website,  in
    20  the manner prescribed by this section.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    22  it shall have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00691-01-7
Relates to the reporting of demographic data

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