Bill Text: NY A00367 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the economic development performance review act; prescribes the functions and purposes of the special evaluation program bond act; requires state agencies involved in economic development activities to prepare an annual comprehensive performance review of their programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-30 - enacting clause stricken [A00367 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00367-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           367

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Economic Development

        AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to  establish-
          ing the economic development performance review act

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

     1    Section 1. The economic development law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  article 15 to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 15
     4                 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE REVIEW ACT
     5  Section 270. Definition.
     6          271. Program implementation.
     7          272. Performance review.
     8    § 270. Definition. For purposes of this article, "economic development
     9  program"  shall mean a program that provides services for the purpose of
    10  effecting the economic conditions of the  state,  provides  training  or
    11  employment  services,  supports  an  economic  development  activity  by
    12  enhancing the skills of the state's workforce, prepares individuals  for
    13  employment,  improves  opportunities for individuals to become employed,
    14  or promotes the state economy.
    15    § 271. Program implementation. 1. On or before September first, in the
    16  year after this section became law, each state  agency  administratively
    17  responsible for economic development activities shall prepare a separate
    18  plan  for  each  program  that  such agency administers. Each plan shall
    19  include a description of proposed program activities, a description of a
    20  mechanism for funding distribution, program objectives, population to be
    21  served, institutions eligible to receive funds, and a description of the
    22  coordination and linkages between this program and other program  activ-
    23  ities  funded  separately.  Such  plan  shall also include a performance
    24  review component as part of the implementation  of  each  program  which
    25  shall  describe  how  the  agency  will monitor the delivery of services
    26  under the program and which shall set forth the measure of effectiveness
    27  of the services being provided.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01678-01-3
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     1    2. Program plans shall be submitted to the department, the speaker  of
     2  the  assembly  and the temporary president of the senate, for review and
     3  comment.
     4    3.  The  provisions  of  this section shall not exempt any agency from
     5  requirements relating to the preparation and submission of program plans
     6  pursuant to any other provision of law.
     7    § 272. Performance review. 1.   The performance  review  component  of
     8  each program plan shall, at a minimum, include the following:
     9    (a) a statement on legislative history and intent;
    10    (b)  a  statement  of  program  objectives  which  identifies outcomes
    11  attributable to the program, anticipated performance levels, and indica-
    12  tors of the effectiveness of the program;
    13    (c) defined quantitative measures which will be included  as  part  of
    14  the   performance  review  report  including,  but  not  limited  to,  a
    15  description  of  the  targeted  population,  criteria  for   participant
    16  selection,  demographics  on participants, measures of program activity,
    17  inventory of services provided, and budget information on  programs  and
    18  administrative  expenditures  including,  but  not limited to, costs per
    19  participant.  For those programs where an objective  is  job  placement,
    20  data  shall  include  information  on the occupations which participants
    21  enter, the rate of job retention, pre-program wage  earnings  and  post-
    22  program  wage earnings as well as other appropriate measures which indi-
    23  cate the extent to which program  activities  meet  program  objectives.
    24  Other  performance  indicators that appropriately describe the effect of
    25  the program and data which reflects follow-up  activity  appropriate  to
    26  the  services provided shall also be included as part of the performance
    27  review report;
    28    (d) a statement of methodology which will result in  a  comparison  of
    29  program outcomes against program objectives; and
    30    (e)  any  additional  performance  review  or  information  as  may be
    31  required by law.
    32    2. (a) The performance review report for each program shall be submit-
    33  ted to the commissioner for review and recommendation.
    34    (b) The report shall include, at a minimum, all program  data  and  an
    35  analysis  which compares performance outcomes against program objectives
    36  as specified in the performance review component  of  the  program  plan
    37  under  this  section  and shall include a performance review of activity
    38  for the completed program year immediately preceding the issuance of the
    39  report and an interim performance review of current program year  activ-
    40  ity if applicable.
    41    3. Based on the review conducted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivi-
    42  sion two of this section, the department shall prepare a unified summary
    43  of  performance review reports submitted by each agency pursuant to this
    44  article for submission to the speaker of the assembly and the  temporary
    45  president of the senate no later than January thirty-first, two thousand
    46  twenty-five and each year thereafter provided, however, that the depart-
    47  ment  shall  make  available  each individual program performance review
    48  report submitted pursuant to this article upon request of  the  legisla-
    49  ture.  The  department  shall include in such summary recommendations to
    50  the governor and the legislature relating to  improved  program  coordi-
    51  nation  and  service  delivery, program improvements or enhancements and
    52  necessary statutory changes.
    53    4. The provisions of this section shall not  exempt  any  agency  from
    54  requirements pursuant to any other provision of law.
    55    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.