N.Y. Public Health Law § 220: Public health and health planning council; appointment of members

§ 220. Public health and health planning council; appointment of

members. There shall continue to be in the department a public health

and health planning council to consist of the commissioner and

twenty-six members to be 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

reimbursement, health care regulation and compliance, and public health

practice and at least two members shall also be members of the

behavioral health services advisory council; at least four members shall

be representatives of general hospitals or nursing homes; at least two

members shall be representatives of health care consumer advocacy

organizations which have a statewide or regional constituency and have

been involved in activities related to health care consumer advocacy

including issues of interest to low- and moderate-income individuals;

and at least one member shall be a representative of each of the

following groups: women's health service providers, home care agencies,

freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic and treatment

centers, health care payors, and labor organizations for health care

employees.