Bill Text: NY S06584 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6584--C Cal. No. 1115 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 27, 2023 ___________ 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. LBD10311-08-4S. 6584--C 2 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.