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                                  6293--A
     Cal. No. 888
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities  --  reported
   favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
   ordered to a third reading, passed by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the
   Assembly,  recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored  to third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to the appointment
   of members to the developmental disabilities advisory council
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  (a)  and (b) of section 13.05 of the mental
 hygiene law, subdivision (a) as amended by chapter 37  of  the  laws  of
 2011, and subdivision (b) as amended by chapter 802 of the laws of 1986,
 are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  There is hereby established a developmental disabilities advisory
 council. The council shall consist of the commissioner, the chairman  of
 the conference of local mental hygiene directors or his designee, and at
 least  thirty-three  members to be appointed by the governor.  BEGINNING
 ON AND AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE COUNCIL
 SHALL CONSIST OF EIGHT MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE  TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT  OF THE SENATE, EIGHT MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, ONE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED  BY  THE  MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE
 SENATE,  ONE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEM-
 BLY AND FIFTEEN MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY  THE  GOVERNOR.  ANY  CURRENT
 MEMBER  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  TO  FINISH HIS OR HER TERM. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL OVERSEE AND ASSIST WITH THE TRANSITION TO THE MAKEUP OF THE  COUN-
 CIL AFTER SUCH DATE, ENSURING THAT AS CURRENT MEMBERS' TERMS EXPIRE, THE
 COUNCIL  APPOINTS  MEMBERS  IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
 Members shall be appointed only if  they  have  demonstrated  an  active
 interest  in  or  have  obtained  professional  knowledge in the care of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10668-02-1

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 persons with developmental disabilities or in the field of developmental
 disabilities  generally.  The  governor  shall  designate  one  of   the
 appointed  members  as  chair. The council shall at all times include in
 its  membership representatives of community service board developmental
 disabilities subcommittees, providers of services  and  non-governmental
 organizations  concerned  with  services  for persons with developmental
 disabilities. At least one-third of the membership of the advisory coun-
 cil shall consist of consumer  representatives  including  persons  with
 developmental disabilities, or their parents or guardians.
   (b)  Members  shall  be  appointed  for terms of three years provided,
 however, that  of  the  members  first  appointed,  one-third  shall  be
 appointed  for  one  year terms and one-third shall be appointed for two
 year terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same  manner  as  [original
 appointments  for  the  remainder  of  the unexpired term] PRESCRIBED IN
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. The designation of a  member  as  chair
 shall be made bi-annually.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.