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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S09141 Summary: BILL NO S09141 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A03451-A

&nbsp SPONSOR RAMOS &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add §45, Lab L &nbsp Relates to the establishment of a wage data clearinghouse to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of workforce development and education programs in the state.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

9141

IN SENATE

February 5, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the establishment of a wage data clearinghouse

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

1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 45 to read 2 as follows: 3 § 45. Wage data clearinghouse. 1. The commissioner, subject to avail- 4 able appropriations and in consultation with the commissioner of educa- 5 tion and the state workforce investment board, shall establish a wage 6 data clearinghouse. The purpose of the wage data clearinghouse shall be 7 to use existing unemployment insurance data as described in section five 8 hundred thirty-seven of this chapter and other available labor, educa- 9 tion and workforce development data to evaluate the long-term effective- 10 ness of workforce development and education programs and to identify 11 gaps in the availability of existing and proposed workforce development 12 training to meet employment needs. In addition, the clearinghouse shall 13 conduct any other research it identifies as contributing to increasing 14 the attainment of long-term employment of residents of this state, espe- 15 cially those who are unemployed or underemployed. 16 2. The wage data clearinghouse shall be administered by an academic 17 institution in the state of New York with proven expertise in analyzing 18 labor data and shall be selected by the commissioner, in consultation 19 with the commissioner of the education department and the state work- 20 force investment board, through a request for proposals process. Crite- 21 ria shall include, but not be limited to, the demonstrated ability of 22 the chosen institution to analyze unemployment insurance and wage 23 reporting data and to leverage and attract federal funds and non-govern- 24 mental funds. The commissioner is authorized to provide funding to a 25 selected academic institution for operating a wage data clearinghouse of 26 up to six hundred thousand dollars, subject to appropriation. Any 27 unused allocation may be made available in the subsequent fiscal year.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05939-03-6

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1 3. The department shall provide the wage data clearinghouse with all 2 state and federal unemployment insurance and wage and employment related 3 data it has available, including but not limited to unemployment insur- 4 ance data as described in section five hundred thirty-seven of this 5 chapter. All disclosure requirements specified in section five hundred 6 thirty-seven of this chapter shall apply to all wage data clearinghouse 7 employees working with the data. 8 4. A statewide wage data clearinghouse advisory board is hereby estab- 9 lished for the purpose of determining statewide objectives and the wage 10 data clearinghouse's research and evaluation priorities after consulta- 11 tion with the director of the wage data clearinghouse. The advisory 12 board shall appoint a director with expertise in large data systems and 13 data security with preference given to a candidate who has experience 14 with workforce development. Such director shall receive an annual salary 15 within amounts appropriated. (a) The advisory board shall consist of 16 twelve members, including: the chancellor of the state university of New 17 York, or such chancellor's designee; the commissioner of the state 18 education department, or such commissioner's designee; the commissioner 19 of the state department of labor, or the commissioner's designee; a 20 representative of superintendents of schools, appointed by the governor; 21 a representative of a district superintendents of schools, appointed by 22 the governor; a representative of community colleges, appointed by the 23 governor; and, six members of the public, including two appointed by the 24 speaker of the assembly, one appointed by the minority leader of the 25 assembly, two appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate, and 26 one appointed by the minority leader of the senate. The public members 27 of the advisory board shall have expertise in large data systems and 28 data security, workforce development programs, economic development, 29 business management and/or organized labor. (b) The members of the advi- 30 sory board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall 31 be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the perform- 32 ance of their duties pursuant to this section, subject to the approval 33 of the department. (c) Advisory board members who represent state agen- 34 cies shall be appointed for terms of three years, and members who repre- 35 sent local governments shall serve terms of two years and all other 36 members shall serve terms of four years. Vacancies shall be filled in 37 the same manner as original appointments for the remainder of the unex- 38 pired term. (d) Advisory board members shall each be granted voting 39 rights and will together elect a chair whose designation shall be made 40 biannually. (e) The advisory board shall meet at such times and places 41 as may be determined by its chair. The advisory board shall meet at a 42 minimum of six times in the first year and a minimum of three times per 43 year thereafter. All meetings shall be open to the public pursuant to 44 article seven of the public officers law. A majority of the members of 45 such council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 46 (f) After consultation with the director, the advisory board shall 47 discuss and vote on research priorities and topics for the clearinghouse 48 that do not duplicate any research or statistics the department under- 49 takes and that focus on the need of the users of the analysis, which are 50 state and local policy makers, educational entities, workforce develop- 51 ment providers, businesses, and economic development administrators. 52 5. The wage data clearinghouse shall use unemployment insurance data 53 as described in section five hundred thirty-seven of this chapter 54 provided by the department and any other data sets including data 55 provided by state, federal or local agencies it deems appropriate. The 56 clearinghouse shall keep private and safeguard any personally identifi-

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1 able information it obtains and shall not release such information to 2 any other party, and shall use any data it obtains solely for the 3 purpose of furthering the effectiveness and efficiency of workforce 4 development efforts as provided in this section. 5 6. The wage data clearinghouse shall release reports and aggregated 6 data to the department, which shall be posted on the department's 7 website as well as on any website maintained by the clearinghouse. 8 7. One year after selection of the academic institution that will 9 serve as the clearinghouse, the department shall submit to the director 10 of the budget, the chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of 11 the assembly ways and means committee, the chairs of senate and assembly 12 labor committees, the speaker of the assembly, and the president pro 13 tempore of the senate, an evaluation of this program prepared by the 14 department. Such evaluation shall be submitted every four years there- 15 after. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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