N.Y. Social Services Law § 443: Advisory committee

§ 443. Advisory committee. 1. The department shall establish and

meet regularly with an advisory committee of not more than twenty

members to consider policy and planning issues relating to the service

and to assist in the design, development, establishment and on-going

operation of the service, including assisting in the resolution of

issues concerning the safeguarding of the confidentiality of

information. The advisory committee may in its discretion submit

reports to the governor and the legislature.

2. The advisory committee shall be appointed by the commissioner, who

shall appoint one of the committee's members to be its chairman. The

members of the committee shall be appointed from the following

categories, one or more from each category:

(a) designees of the commissioner;

(b) designees of the administrative judge of the state of New York;

(c) designees of the director of the division of the budget;

(d) commissioners of local social services districts or their

designees;

(e) representatives of voluntary child care agencies;

(f) persons active in organizations involved in the protection of

civil liberties;

(g) persons active in organizations involved in promoting the

interests of children.