N.Y. Social Services Law § 464-c: Advisory committee created

§ 464-c. Advisory committee created. 1. An advisory committee shall be

created to assist the commissioner in carrying out the provisions of

this article. Such advisory committee shall consist of seven members,

with the commissioner or his or her designee serving as chairperson.

Membership of the committee shall include the following persons or their

designees: the chairperson of the legislative commission on the

development of rural resources which was created by chapter four hundred

twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-two; the director of

the state office of rural affairs; the director of the office for the

aging; the commissioner of the department of health; the commissioner of

the division for youth; and the commissioner of the office of mental

health. The chairperson of the advisory committee may invite the

commissioner or director, or his or her designee, of any other state

agency or department, or any other rural human services provider or

consumer, to serve as an ex-officio member of the committee. The

commissioner shall take actions to promote the efficient and effective

operation of the advisory committee.

2. The advisory committee shall:

a. Review and recommend to the commissioner guidelines for the

operation of the rural human services networking program;

b. Recommend any changes in statutes or regulations necessary to

accomplish the purposes of this article;

c. Assist the department in the evaluation of individual pilot

projects and of the rural human services networking program; and

d. Assist in the development of interim and final reports, in

accordance with section four hundred sixty-four-e of this article.

e. Assist the commissioner in determining those rural areas to receive

priority consideration in selecting pilot project sites, pursuant to

subdivision four of section four hundred sixty-four-d of this article.