Bill Text: NY S07321 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of information technology services to develop an action plan to improve data collection, analysis, utilization, and reporting practices of the department of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY [S07321 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07321-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7321

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  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 the  functions,
          powers and duties of the office of information technology services

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 103 of the state  technology  law,
     2  as  added  by chapter 430 of the laws of 1997 and such section as renum-
     3  bered by chapter 437 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. To act as the official state planning and coordinating  office  for
     5  the  advancement  of  technology to improve government efficiency [and],
     6  effectiveness and accessibility, and perform all necessary and appropri-
     7  ate services required to fulfill these duties;
     8    § 2. Section 103 of the state technology law is amended  by  adding  a
     9  new subdivision 12-c to read as follows:
    10    12-c.  (a) To develop an action plan, in consultation with the depart-
    11  ment of health and the office of the state comptroller, to  improve  the
    12  data  collection,  analysis, utilization, and reporting practices of the
    13  department of health.  In  developing  such  action  plan,  the  office,
    14  department of health, and comptroller shall consider requiring:
    15    (i)  expanded use of infection control data, including but not limited
    16  to the Nosocomial Outbreak Reporting Application, the Health  Electronic
    17  Response Data System, and nursing home surveys;
    18    (ii)  utilization of the United States Centers for Disease Control and
    19  Prevention Infection Control Assessment and Response tool;
    20    (iii) increased data sharing with local health districts; and
    21    (iv) reporting public health data in a conspicuous location and  in  a
    22  format capable of download in a spreadsheet format.
    23    (b) Such action plan shall be completed and submitted to the governor,
    24  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  the  minority leader of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 7321                             2

     1  senate, the speaker of the assembly  and  the  minority  leader  of  the
     2  assembly,  no  later  than January first, two thousand twenty-three, and
     3  shall be posted publicly on the office's website,  along  with  a  brief
     4  description of the action plan thereof;
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.