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Senate Bill S10216

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the offices and departments that the department of health shall consult with for the traumatic brain injury program

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2025-S10216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2740 & 2744, Pub Health L

2025-S10216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-S10216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10216
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HINCHEY,  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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