Bill Text: NY A10691 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the purchase of domestically produced personal protective equipment.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-01 - referred to governmental operations [A10691 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10691-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10691

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 1, 2020
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McDonald,
          Fahy) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Oper-
          ations

        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  the  purchase  of
          domestically produced personal protective equipment

          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  163-c to read as follows:
     3    §  163-c. Purchase of domestically produced personal protective equip-
     4  ment.  Any state agency that  purchases  personal  protective  equipment
     5  shall,  to  the extent practicable, purchase such equipment from a busi-
     6  ness located within New York state and shall utilize  preferred  sources
     7  in accordance with section one hundred sixty-two of this article, for at
     8  least  thirty  percent of any individual order of such equipment. In the
     9  event a New York state business or  preferred  source  is  not  able  to
    10  supply  such  equipment  any  other domestically located business may be
    11  utilized to satisfy the requirements of this subdivision.
    12    § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 160 of the state finance law, as amended
    13  by chapter 106 of the laws of 2012, is amended and a new subdivision  11
    14  is added to read as follows:
    15    9.  "State  agency"  or  "state agencies" means all state departments,
    16  boards, commissions, offices or institutions but excludes, however,  for
    17  the  purposes of subdivision five of section three hundred fifty-five of
    18  the education law, the state university of New York  and  excludes,  for
    19  the  purposes  of subdivision a of section sixty-two hundred eighteen of
    20  the education law, the city university of New York;  provided,  however,
    21  that  the  state  university  of New York and the city university of New
    22  York shall be subject  to  the  provisions  of  [section]  sections  one
    23  hundred  sixty-five-a  and  one  hundred  sixty-three-c of this article.
    24  Furthermore, such term shall not include the legislature or the  judici-
    25  ary.
    26    11.  "Personal  protective equipment" shall mean equipment designed to
    27  prevent the transfer of a communicable disease, as such term is  defined

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  by  section  two of the public health law, including but not limited to:
     2  face masks, shields or coverings,  gowns,  gloves,  testing  kits,  hand
     3  sanitizer, cleaning or disinfectant chemicals and any other equipment as
     4  determined by the commissioner.
     5    §  3. The commissioner of general services is authorized to promulgate
     6  rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.
     7    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.