STATE OF NEW YORK
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7035
IN SENATE
April 24, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 adding the super-
intendent of financial services to the early intervention coordinating
council
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2553 of the
2 public health law, as amended by section 80 of part A of chapter 62 of
3 the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 (b) The council shall consist of [twenty-six] twenty-seven members,
5 unless otherwise required by federal law, appointed by the governor. At
6 least five members shall be parents, four of whom shall be parents of
7 children with disabilities aged twelve or younger and one of whom shall
8 be the parent of a child with disabilities aged six or younger; at least
9 five shall be representatives of public or private providers of early
10 intervention services; at least one shall be involved in personnel prep-
11 aration or training; at least two shall be early intervention officials;
12 at least two shall be members of the legislature; [six] seven shall be
13 the commissioner and the commissioners of education, [social services,]
14 the office of children and family services, people with developmental
15 disabilities, mental health, alcoholism and substance abuse services and
16 the superintendent of financial services, or their appropriate designees
17 with sufficient authority to engage in policy planning and implementa-
18 tion on behalf of their agencies.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14034-02-2
