Bill Text: NY A10421 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the early intervention coordinating council and the maternal child health services block grant advisory council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-15 - enacting clause stricken [A10421 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10421-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10421
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 19, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GOTTFRIED -- (at request of the Department of
          Health) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  early  inter-
          vention  coordinating  council  and the maternal child health services
          block grant advisory council
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 2553 of the
     2  public health law, as amended by chapter 462 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
     3  amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
     4    (b)  The  council  shall  consist  of thirty members, unless otherwise
     5  required by federal law,  appointed  by  the  governor.  At  least  five
     6  members shall be parents, four of whom shall be parents of children with
     7  disabilities  aged twelve or younger and one of whom shall be the parent
     8  of a child with disabilities aged six or younger; at least five shall be
     9  representatives of public or private  providers  of  early  intervention
    10  services;  at  least  one  shall be involved in personnel preparation or
    11  training; at least three shall be representatives of managed care  plans
    12  or  managed  care  plan  trade associations familiar with how claims for
    13  services provided pursuant to this title are managed; at least two shall
    14  be early intervention officials; at least two shall be  members  of  the
    15  legislature  or such members' designees; seven shall be the commissioner
    16  and the commissioners of education, the office of  children  and  family
    17  services,  people  with developmental disabilities, mental health, alco-
    18  holism and substance abuse services and the superintendent of  financial
    19  services,  or  their  appropriate designees with sufficient authority to
    20  engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf  of  their  agen-
    21  cies.
    22    (e) A majority of the appointed voting membership of the council shall
    23  constitute a quorum.
    24    §  2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 1 of chapter 884 of
    25  the laws of 1982 is amended to read as follows:
    26    The governor shall require each executive agency which  administers  a
    27  block grant to establish an advisory council. Such councils must include
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  representatives  from local government, private non-profit providers and
     2  the public. One-half of the members shall be appointed by the  governor,
     3  one-quarter  shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate
     4  and  one-quarter  shall  be  appointed  by  the speaker of the assembly;
     5  provided that, with respect to advisory councils for block grants admin-
     6  istered by the department of health, all appointments shall be  made  by
     7  the  commissioner  of  health  and  a  majority  of the appointed voting
     8  membership of advisory councils administering such grants shall  consti-
     9  tute a quorum. Advisory councils must be consulted in the preparation of
    10  reports  and  in the development of applications and plans for the block
    11  grants.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.