§ 162. Preferred sources. 1. Purpose. To advance special social and\neconomic goals, selected providers shall have preferred source status\nfor the purposes of procurement in accordance with the provisions of\nthis section. Procurement from these providers shall be exempted from\nthe competitive procurement provisions of section one hundred\nsixty-three of this article and other competitive procurement statutes.\nSuch exemption shall apply to commodities produced, manufactured or\nassembled, including those repackaged to meet the form, function and\nutility required by state agencies, in New York state and, where so\ndesignated, services provided by those sources in accordance with this\nsection.\n 2. Preferred status. Preferred status as prescribed in this section\nshall be accorded to:\n a. Commodities produced by the correctional industries program of the\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision and provided to the\nstate pursuant to subdivision two of section one hundred eighty-four of\nthe correction law;\n b. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable\nnon-profit-making agency for the blind approved for such purposes by the\ncommissioner of the office of children and family services;\n c. Commodities and services produced by any special employment program\nserving mentally ill persons, which shall not be required to be\nincorporated and which is operated by facilities within the office of\nmental health and is approved for such purposes by the commissioner of\nmental health;\n * d. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable\nnon-profit-making agency for other disabled persons approved for such\npurposes by the commissioner of education, or incorporated under the\nlaws of this state and approved for such purposes by the commissioner of\neducation;\n * NB Effective until October 4, 2028\n * d. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable\nnon-profit-making agency for other severely disabled persons approved\nfor such purposes by the commissioner of education, or incorporated\nunder the laws of this state and approved for such purposes by the\ncommissioner of education;\n * NB Effective October 4, 2028\n * e. Commodities and services produced by a qualified veterans' entity\nproviding job and employment-skills training to veterans where such a\nentity is operated by the United States department of veterans affairs\nand is manufacturing products or performing services within this state\nand where such entity is approved for such purposes by the commissioner\nof education; or\n * NB Effective until October 4, 2028\n * e. Commodities and services produced by a qualified veterans'\nworkshop providing job and employment-skills training to veterans where\nsuch a workshop is operated by the United States department of veterans\naffairs and is manufacturing products or performing services within this\nstate and where such workshop is approved for such purposes by the\ncommissioner of education; or\n * NB Effective October 4, 2028\n * f. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable\nnon-profit-making entity for veterans approved for such purposes by the\ncommissioner of education, or incorporated under the laws of this state\nand approved for such purposes by the commissioner of education.\n * NB Effective until October 4, 2028\n * f. Commodities and services produced by any qualified charitable\nnon-profit-making workshop for veterans approved for such purposes by\nthe commissioner of education, or incorporated under the laws of this\nstate and approved for such purposes by the commissioner of education.\n * NB Effective October 4, 2028\n 3. Public list of services and commodities provided by preferred\nsources.\n a. By December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five, the\ncommissioner, in consultation with the commissioners of corrections and\ncommunity supervision, the office of children and family services, the\noffice of
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