Bill > A3390

This bill requires the Division of Consumer Affairs, which is part of the Department of Law and Public Safety, to create and maintain an online "open data portal" on its website, updating it at least annually. This portal will provide public access to non-confidential statistical information collected by the division, such as the number of applications for licenses, registrations, or certifications and their renewal, average processing times for these applications, the total number of active licenses, and how these licenses are distributed by county. It will also include pass and fail rates for exams administered by professional boards within the division and a count of consumer complaints filed. The portal will allow users to sort this data by professional board and license type, and to compare data year by year. All information shared will comply with existing laws, including the open public records act, and will not include any data that is not already subject to public disclosure or that would violate privacy or security laws. The bill will take effect eighteen months after it is enacted, though the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs can take preparatory steps sooner.