Assembly Bill A4071

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to membership on the public health and health planning council

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A4071 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S870
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220, Pub Health L

2019-A4071 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing membership on the public health and health planning council and directing the appointment of members representing particular areas of concern.

2019-A4071 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4071
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to membership on  the
   public health and health planning council
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 220 of the public health law, as amended by section
 7 of part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  220.  Public  health  and  health  planning council; appointment of
 members. 1. There shall continue to be in the department a public health
 and health planning council to consist of the commissioner and [fourteen
 members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and  consent  of
 the  senate;  provided  that effective December first, two thousand ten,
 the membership of the council shall  consist  of  the  commissioner  and
 twenty-four]  THIRTY-SIX  members  to  be  appointed  AS FOLLOWS: THIRTY
 MEMBERS TO APPOINTED by the governor with the advice and consent of  the
 senate; AND SIX MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, TWO UPON RECOM-
 MENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, TWO UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, ONE UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINOR-
 ITY  LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND ONE UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINORITY
 LEADER OF THE SENATE.
   2. AS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE
 ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE: Membership on  the  council  shall  be
 reflective of the diversity of the state's population including, but not
 limited  to,  the  various  geographic  areas  and  population densities
 throughout the state. The members shall include representatives  of  the
 public  health  system,  health care providers that comprise the state's
 health care delivery system, individuals with expertise in the  clinical
 and  administrative  aspects  of  health care delivery, issues affecting
 health care  consumers,  health  planning,  health  care  financing  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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