New York S 10216: Relates to the offices and departments that the department of health shall consult with for the traumatic brain injury program

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S10216 Summary:

BILL NOS10216 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11313

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRASHBY, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2740 & 2744, Pub Health L

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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.

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BILL NOS10216 

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05/06/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10216

 IN SENATE

 May 6, 2026
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 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:

 1 Section 1. Section 2740 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
 2 ter 672 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 2740. Traumatic brain injury program. The department shall have the
 4 central responsibility for administering the provisions of this article
 5 and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect to traumat-
 6 ic brain injury, in consultation with the office for people with devel-
 7 opmental disabilities, the office of mental health, the department of
 8 education, the office of [alcoholism and substance abuse services]
 9 addiction services and supports, the department of social services, the
 10 office for the prevention of domestic violence, the department of veter-
 11 ans' services, the office of the advocate for the disabled and the
 12 commission on quality of care for the mentally disabled.
 13 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2744 of the public health law, as
 14 amended by chapter 672 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 15 follows:
 16 1. The traumatic brain injury services coordinating council is hereby
 17 established and shall consist of the following persons or their desig-
 18 nees: the commissioner, the commissioner of the office for people with
 19 developmental disabilities, the office of mental health, the commission-
 20 er of education, the commissioner of [alcoholism and substance abuse
 21 services] addiction services and supports, the commissioner of social
 22 services, the state advocate for the disabled, the executive director of
 23 the office for the prevention of domestic violence, the commissioner of
 24 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.
 LBD15774-01-6

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 1 care for the mentally disabled. In addition, the council shall consist
 2 of the following persons: five persons appointed by the governor, three
 3 of whom shall be persons with traumatic brain injury and two of whom
 4 shall be representative of the public and have a demonstrated expertise
 5 and interest in traumatic brain injury; two persons appointed by the
 6 temporary president of the senate, one of whom shall be a person with
 7 traumatic brain injury and one of whom shall be representative of the
 8 public and have a demonstrated expertise and interest in traumatic brain
 9 injury; two persons appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one of
 10 whom shall be a person with traumatic brain injury and one of whom shall
 11 be representative of the public and have a demonstrated expertise and
 12 interest in traumatic brain injury, one person appointed by the minority
 13 leader of the senate who shall be a person