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Assembly Bill A10421

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the early intervention coordinating council

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2017-A10421 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8392
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2553, Pub Health L; amd §1, Chap 884 of 1982

2017-A10421 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A10421 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10421
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 2553 of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 462 of the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (b)  The  council  shall  consist  of thirty members, unless otherwise
 required by federal law,  appointed  by  the  governor.  At  least  five
 members shall be parents, four of whom shall be parents of children with
 disabilities  aged twelve or younger and one of whom shall be the parent
 of a child with disabilities aged six or younger; at least five shall be
 representatives of public or private  providers  of  early  intervention
 services;  at  least  one  shall be involved in personnel preparation or
 training; at least three shall be representatives of managed care  plans
 or  managed  care  plan  trade associations familiar with how claims for
 services provided pursuant to this title are managed; at least two shall
 be early intervention officials; at least two shall be  members  of  the
 legislature  OR SUCH MEMBERS' DESIGNEES; seven shall be the commissioner
 and the commissioners of education, the office of  children  and  family
 services,  people  with developmental disabilities, mental health, alco-
 holism and substance abuse services and the superintendent of  financial
 services,  or  their  appropriate designees with sufficient authority to
 engage in policy planning and implementation on behalf  of  their  agen-
 cies.
   (E) A MAJORITY OF THE APPOINTED VOTING MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL SHALL
 CONSTITUTE A QUORUM.
   §  2. The second undesignated paragraph of section 1 of chapter 884 of
 the laws of 1982 is amended to read as follows:
   The governor shall require each executive agency which  administers  a
 block grant to establish an advisory council. Such councils must include
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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