Assembly Bill A6073

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Outlines criteria by which the commissioner of health shall appoint a director of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome institute

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A6073 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3678
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2775, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A3723, S705
2015-2016: A4344, S4039

2011-A6073 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Outlines criteria by which the commissioner of health shall appoint a director of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome institute.

2011-A6073 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6073

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to appointment by the
  commissioner of health of a director for the acquired immune deficien-
  cy syndrome institute

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2775 of the public health law,  as
added  by chapter 823 of the laws of 1983, is amended and a new subdivi-
sion 3 is added to read as follows:
  2. The commissioner shall appoint a director of the institute [and may
assign such personnel within the amounts appropriated as is necessary to
carry out the provisions of this article].  THE DIRECTOR MUST BE  CHOSEN
FROM  A POOL OF CANDIDATES SUBMITTED BY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE DIREC-
TOR SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS, AND MAY BE RE-APPOINTED
UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL
TERMS OF FOUR YEARS. IN NO CASE SHALL ANY DIRECTOR  SERVE  MORE  THAN  A
TOTAL  OF TWELVE YEARS. IF A DIRECTOR IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR RE-APPOINT-
MENT AFTER HIS OR HER FOUR YEAR TERM, A NEW POOL OF CANDIDATES SHALL  BE
SUBMITTED  BY  THE  ADVISORY  COUNCIL, UPON WHICH THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
APPOINT A NEW DIRECTOR. THE POOL OF CANDIDATES SUBMITTED BY THE ADVISORY
COUNCIL SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INFECTED POPULATION WITH HIV/AIDS
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK BASED  ON  CENTER  FOR  DISEASE  CONTROL  (CDC)
STATISTICS INCLUDING RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER.
  3. THE DIRECTOR, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL PROVIDE
FOR  THE  EMPLOYMENT AND REMOVAL OF SUCH EMPLOYEES OF THE AIDS INSTITUTE
AS HE OR SHE MAY DEEM NECESSARY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS FUNCTIONS AND
WITHIN THE AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  AS  IS  NECESSARY  TO  CARRY  OUT  THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect two years after it shall have become a
law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09785-01-1

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