Bill Text: NY S00250 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 250 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00250 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00250-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          250
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       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:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 2778 of the public health law, as
    2  amended by chapter 172 of the laws  of  1990,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1. There shall be established within the institute an advisory council
    5  composed  of  seventeen  members who shall be appointed in the following
    6  manner: three shall be appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the
    7  senate  and  one  by  the  minority leader of the senate; three shall be
    8  appointed by the speaker of the assembly and one by the minority  leader
    9  of  the  assembly; nine shall be appointed by the governor. The governor
   10  shall designate the chairman of the advisory council.  THE MEMBERS SHALL
   11  BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS, AND MAY BE RE-APPOINTED  FOR  ONE
   12  ADDITIONAL  TERM  OF  FOUR YEARS. IN NO CASE SHALL ANY MEMBER SERVE MORE
   13  THAN A TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS. VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER  OF
   14  ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENTS  FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM. THE MEMBERS SHALL
   15  BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INFECTED POPULATION WITH HIV/AIDS IN THE  STATE
   16  OF  NEW  YORK  BASED  ON  CENTERS  FOR  DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) STATISTICS
   17  INCLUDING RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER.  THE  COUNCIL  SHALL  INCLUDE  AT
   18  LEAST  SIX  MEMBERS  INFECTED  WITH HIV/AIDS. The members of the council
   19  shall ALSO be representative of  the  public,  educational  and  medical
   20  institutions,  local  health  departments  and  nonprofit organizations,
   21  including organizations providing services to high risk populations.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
   23  law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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