Senate Bill S3679

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to membership of the advisory council established within 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-S3679 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2778, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S250
2015-2016: S4065

2011-S3679 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to membership of the advisory council established within the acquired immune deficiency syndrome institute; provides that vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointments for the remainder of the term.

2011-S3679 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3679 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3679

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- 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 membership of  the
  advisory  council  established  within  the acquired immune deficiency
  syndrome institute

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 2778 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 172 of the laws  of  1990,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. There shall be established within the institute an advisory council
composed  of  seventeen  members who shall be appointed in the following
manner: three shall be appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the
senate  and  one  by  the  minority leader of the senate; three shall be
appointed by the speaker of the assembly and one by the minority  leader
of  the  assembly; nine shall be appointed by the governor. The governor
shall designate the chairman of the advisory council.  THE MEMBERS SHALL
BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS, AND MAY BE RE-APPOINTED  FOR  ONE
ADDITIONAL  TERM  OF  FOUR YEARS. IN NO CASE SHALL ANY MEMBER SERVE MORE
THAN A TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS. VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER  OF
ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENTS  FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM. THE MEMBERS SHALL
BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INFECTED POPULATION WITH HIV/AIDS IN THE  STATE
OF  NEW  YORK  BASED  ON  CENTERS  FOR  DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) STATISTICS
INCLUDING RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER.  THE  COUNCIL  SHALL  INCLUDE  AT
LEAST  SIX  MEMBERS  INFECTED  WITH HIV/AIDS. The members of the council
shall ALSO be representative of  the  public,  educational  and  medical
institutions,  local  health  departments  and  nonprofit organizations,
including organizations providing services to high risk populations.
  S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09655-01-1

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