Senate Bill S12

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to contracts for joint or group purchasing of goods for state university health care facilities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S12 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §355, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7065
2013-2014: S1653

2015-S12 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to contracts for joint or group purchasing of goods and services for state university health care facilities.

2015-S12 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S12 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   12

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for joint or
  group purchasing of goods for state university health care facilities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph b of subdivision 16 of section 355 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by section 1 of subpart C of part D of  chapter  58
of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  b.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of subdivision two of section one
hundred twelve of the state finance law, subdivision six of section  one
hundred  sixty-three of the state finance law and section sixty-three of
the executive law (i) authorize contracts for the purchase of goods  for
state  university  health  care facilities without prior approval by any
other state officer or agency, including contracts for  joint  or  group
purchasing  arrangements  of  goods,  in  accordance with procedures and
requirements found in paragraph a of subdivision five of  this  section,
and  (ii)  authorize contracts for services which do not exceed seventy-
five thousand dollars without prior approval by any other state  officer
or  agency in accordance with procedures and requirements found in para-
graph [a] A-1 of subdivision five of this section.   IN ADDITION,  STATE
UNIVERSITY  HEALTH CARE FACILITIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO JOINT OR
GROUP PURCHASING ARRANGEMENTS FOR  GOODS,  WHICH  ARRANGEMENTS  AND  THE
PURCHASING  OF  GOODS  THROUGH SUCH ARRANGEMENTS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE STATE  FINANCE  LAW,
SECTION   SIXTY-THREE   OF   THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
SIXTY-THREE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, ARTICLE  FOUR-C  OF  THE  ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT  LAW,  OR  PARAGRAPHS  A AND A-1 OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS
SECTION. Contracts  authorized  pursuant  to  this  paragraph  shall  be
subject  to article fourteen of the civil service law and the applicable

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

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