Requires the department of health to consult with the office of addiction services and supports, the office for the prevention of domestic violence, and the department of veterans' services for purposes of administering the traumatic brain injury program and state policies with respect to traumatic brain injuries; adds the commissioner or executive director of such offices or departments to the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council.
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 11, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McDonald,
E. Brown) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the offices and
departments that the department of health shall consult with for the
traumatic brain injury program and to the designation of certain
persons or their designees to the traumatic brain injury services
coordinating council
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2740 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
ter 672 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2740. Traumatic brain injury program. The department shall have the
central responsibility for administering the provisions of this article
and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect to traumat-
ic brain injury, in consultation with the office for people with devel-
opmental disabilities, the office of mental health, the department of
education, the office of [alcoholism and substance abuse services]
ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, the department of social services, THE
OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF VETER-
ANS' SERVICES, the office of the advocate for the disabled and the
commission on quality of care for the mentally disabled.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2744 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 672 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
1. The traumatic brain injury services coordinating council is hereby
established and shall consist of the following persons or their desig-
nees: the commissioner, the commissioner of the office for people with
developmental disabilities, the office of mental health, the commission-
er of education, the commissioner of [alcoholism and substance abuse
services] ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, the commissioner of social
services, the state advocate for the disabled, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE COMMISSIONER OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES, and the commission on quality of
care for the mentally disabled. In addition, the council shall consist
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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