Bill Text: NY S06205 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the office of information technology services to contract with a private entity to conduct an examination and evaluation of New York state's information technology infrastructure, data use and management, policies, procedures and operational processes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-11 - PRINT NUMBER 6205A [S06205 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6205

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 15, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology

        AN  ACT  to amend the state technology law, in relation to conducting an
          examination and evaluation of New York state's information  technology
          infrastructure,  data  use  and  management,  policies, procedures and
          operational processes; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
          upon the expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  103  of  the  state technology law is amended by
     2  adding two new subdivisions 22 and 23 to read as follows:
     3    22. To contract with a private firm  that  specializes  in  conducting
     4  information  technology  audits to conduct an examination and evaluation
     5  of New York state's information technology infrastructure, applications,
     6  data use and management, policies, procedures and operational processes.
     7  Such evaluation and examination shall include, but not be limited to:
     8    (a) the information technology infrastructure, applications, data  use
     9  and  management,  policies,  procedures and operational processes of the
    10  departments of labor and health;
    11    (b) any and all applications and systems operated by the state and its
    12  agencies that the  public  regularly  utilizes  to  obtain  and  utilize
    13  services provided the state, and/or to apply for and access any benefits
    14  provided by or distributed by the state;
    15    (c)  a  study  of the applicable best practices being utilized in both
    16  public and private internet and technology services; and
    17    (d) identification of  deficiencies  and  recommendations  of  how  to
    18  address  said deficiencies in the state's information technology infras-
    19  tructure, applications, data use and  management,  policies,  procedures
    20  and operational processes.
    21    The  office  of technology services shall, on or before January first,
    22  two thousand twenty-three, report the findings, conclusions  and  recom-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10775-01-1
        S. 6205                             2

     1  mendations  to   the   governor,  the  state comptroller,  the temporary
     2  president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,   minority  leader
     3  of the senate, minority leader of the assembly, and the chairs and rank-
     4  ing  minority  members   of   the   senate and the assembly internet and
     5  technology committee.
     6    23. To request and shall receive from any department, division, board,
     7  commission or other agency of the state any  information  and  resources
     8  necessary  to carry out the responsibilities and provisions set forth in
     9  subdivision twenty-two of this section.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    11  deemed repealed January 2, 2023.