Bill Text: NY S06584 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires separate collection categories for White, Middle Eastern, and North African groups in NYS.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-05 - returned to senate [S06584 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06584-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6584--C
            Cal. No. 1115

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 27, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  GIANARIS,  GONZALEZ,  GOUNARDES, STAVISKY -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee  on  Finance -- committee discharged and said bill committed
          to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading,  amended  and
          ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of third reading
          -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance  with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said  committee  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to the collection of
          certain demographic information by  certain  state  agencies,  boards,
          departments and commissions

          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-h
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  170-h.  Additional collection of demographic information.  1. Every
     4  state agency, board, department, or commission  that  directly  collects
     5  demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the
     6  state  of  New  York  shall use separate collection categories and tabu-
     7  lations for the White group in New York state, including  the  following
     8  Middle Eastern or North African groups in New York state:
     9    (a)  Each  major  North African (NA) group, including, but not limited
    10  to, Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, and Libyan; and
    11    (b) Each major Middle Eastern (ME) group, including, but  not  limited
    12  to,  Yemeni,  Iranian,  Palestinian,  Iraqi,  Lebanese, Israeli, Syrian,
    13  Armenian, and Saudi; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10311-08-4
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     1    (c) Other Middle Eastern and North African (MENA)  groups,  including,
     2  but  not  limited  to,  transnational  indigenous  MENA communities like
     3  Amazigh and Syriac people.
     4    2.  Every state agency, board, department, or commission that directly
     5  collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin  of  resi-
     6  dents  of  the state of New York shall allow multiple collection catego-
     7  ries to be selected.
     8    3. The data collected pursuant to the different collection  categories
     9  and  tabulations  described  in  subdivision one of this section, to the
    10  degree that the data quality is sufficient, shall be included  in  every
    11  demographic  report  on  ancestry  or ethnic origins of residents of the
    12  state of New York by the state agency, board, department, or  commission
    13  published  or  released on or after December first, two thousand twenty-
    14  five; provided, however, that for the department of labor,  division  of
    15  criminal  justice services, office of mental health and office of tempo-
    16  rary and disability assistance such requirements shall be effective July
    17  first, two thousand twenty-six. The data shall be made available to  the
    18  public  in  accordance  with  state and federal law, except for personal
    19  identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential, by  posting
    20  the  data  on the internet web site of the agency, board, department, or
    21  commission on or before December first, two  thousand  twenty-five,  and
    22  annually  thereafter;  provided,  however,  that  for  the department of
    23  labor, division of criminal justice services, office  of  mental  health
    24  and  office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance such requirements
    25  shall be effective July first, two  thousand  twenty-six.  If  the  data
    26  quality is determined to be insufficient for publication, an explanation
    27  of  the problem with the data quality shall be included in any report or
    28  publication made available to the public.  This subdivision shall not be
    29  construed to prevent any other state agency from posting data  collected
    30  pursuant to subdivision one of this section on the agency's internet web
    31  site, in the manner prescribed by this section.
    32    4.  The requirements of this section shall not apply to the department
    33  of labor, the division of  criminal  justice  services,  the  office  of
    34  mental health or the office of temporary and disability assistance until
    35  two years after this section shall have become a law.
    36    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    37  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    38  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    39  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    40  completed on or before such effective date.