A 7226: Makes certain not-for-profit corporations subject to the freedom of information and open meetings laws.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7226 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- 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: 1 Section 1. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 116 to read as follows: 3 § 116. Access to records. 4 (a) Any not-for-profit corporation as defined in subparagraph five of 5 paragraph (a) of section one hundred two of this article, with twenty- 6 five or more full time equivalent employees, which receives either one 7 million dollars or more in government funding, or seventy-five percent 8 or more of its gross revenues through government funding, and which is 9 licensed by the office of people with developmental disabilities, office 10 of mental health, or department of health as an approved provider of 11 services, shall be subject to the provisions of articles six and seven 12 of the public officers law; provided, however, that the provisions of 13 this section shall not apply to patient records as defined in the Health 14 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. 15 (b) Any records identified by the New York state police as secure 16 documents requiring the non-disclosure for security purposes shall not 17 be subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 19 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05222-01-5