N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 1.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 1.1 - Executive Order No. 1: Establishing an Interdepartmental Health and Hospital Council. [1]

As a result of legislation adopted in the 1960 Session, the administrative functions of two temporary State health agencies, the Interdepartmental Health Resources Board and the Joint Hospital Survey and Planning Commission, will be transferred to the State Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene. To provide a vehicle for the continued exchange of information and for cooperative study and action by the State agencies with responsibilities in the fields of health and hospital care, I hereby establish an Interdepartmental Health and Hospital Council which shall consist of the Commissioners of Health, Social Welfare, Mental Hygiene, Education, and Insurance. The chairman of the Council shall be elected by the members and the chairmanship rotated annually.

This Council is hereby assigned the following functions and activities:

(1) To conduct joint study, planning and program development in health areas concerning two or more departments.

(2) To serve as organized medium of exchange of information among member agencies regarding:

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(a) specific health problems concerning each;

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(b) the philosophies and policies which underline their problem operations;

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(c) the development of new programs in individual agencies which may relate to or possibly serve or be served by operations in other agencies.

(3) To consider new aspects of health problems facing the State and to develop appropriate approaches or recommendations to the Governor as indicated.

(4) To establish framework for interdepartmental consultation.

(5) To study problems of personnel recruitment and training in health disciplines utilized by two or more departments.

Health areas to be studied shall include, but not be limited to rehabilitation, health services for the aging, alcoholism, narcotic addiction, mental retardation, emotional disturbances of children, standards of hospital facilities and services, methods of financing hospital care, and others as may be assigned by the Governor.

The Council may appoint such committees, as may be indicated, consisting of specialists from the individual departments or agencies concerned. Each committee shall choose its own chairman who will be responsible for guiding the work of the committee, maintaining its records and preparing reports for the Council.

The Department of Health shall provide from among its employees the staff services for the Council and the committees.

The staff functions shall include the following:

(1) Performance of necessary staff work for Interdepartmental Health and Hospital Council, including preparation for meetings, recording of proceedings, and follow-up of directives.

(2) Service in similar staff functions to Governor's Council on Rehabilitation, in accord with Governor's Special Message on Rehabilitation of March 16, 1959.

(3) Assistance to chairmen of special committees in meeting committee objectives.

(4) Collection of pertinent data and perform such studies as indicated to assist the Council in joint program planning.

The Council may request any department or agency represented on the Council to provide such resources, including personnel, assistance and data, as will enable the Council properly to carry out its activities.

The experimental work of the Interdepartmental Health Resources Board and the Joint Hospital Survey and Planning Commission have helped New York State maintain its leadership in the fields of health and hospital care. The programs, which proved their worth, will not be continued by the regular State departments. I look to the Interdepartmental Health and Hospital Council to continue this progress through the joint efforts of its member departments which are directly concerned with the health of our people.

Signed: Nelson A. Rockefeller

Dated: March 31, 1960

Footnotes

¹ Superseded by Executive Order No. 6.2, infra, following § 3.6.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 1.1

Superseded by Executive Order No. 6.2, infra, following § 3.6.