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                                   6154
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  in  relation  to
   making  certain  not-for-profit corporations subject to the freedom of
   information and open meetings laws

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a
 new section 116 to read as follows:
 § 116. ACCESS TO RECORDS.
   (A) ANY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH FIVE  OF
 PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, WITH TWENTY-
 FIVE OR MORE FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES, WHICH RECEIVES  EITHER  ONE
 MILLION  DOLLARS  OR MORE IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING, OR SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT
 OR MORE OF ITS GROSS REVENUES THROUGH GOVERNMENT FUNDING, AND  WHICH  IS
 LICENSED BY THE OFFICE OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, OFFICE
 OF  MENTAL  HEALTH,  OR  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS AN APPROVED PROVIDER OF
 SERVICES, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES SIX  AND  SEVEN
 OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO PATIENT RECORDS AS DEFINED IN THE HEALTH
 INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996.
   (B) ANY RECORDS IDENTIFIED BY THE NEW  YORK  STATE  POLICE  AS  SECURE
 DOCUMENTS  REQUIRING  THE NON-DISCLOSURE FOR SECURITY PURPOSES SHALL NOT
 BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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