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NY Pub Health L § 31 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 3 - Office of the Medicaid Inspector General 31 - Establishment of the Office of Medicaid Inspector General.

§  31.  Establishment  of the office of Medicaid inspector general. 1.   There is hereby created within the department  the  office  of  Medicaid   inspector  general.  Pursuant  to section three hundred sixty-three-a of   the social services law, the department is the single state  agency  for   the  administration of the medical assistance program in New York state,   provided that the office shall undertake  and  be  responsible  for  the   department's  duties  as  the  single  state agency with respect to: (a)   prevention, detection and investigation of fraud and  abuse  within  the   medical  assistance  program;  (b)  referral  of  appropriate  cases for   criminal prosecution; and (c) recovery of  improperly  expended  medical   assistance  funds. Such responsibility shall include, but not be limited   to, medical assistance program audit  functions,  pursuant  to  sections   three  hundred  sixty-four and three hundred sixty-eight-c of the social   services law, and the function of medical assistance program  fraud  and   abuse  prevention, pursuant to sections one hundred forty-five-a and one   hundred forty-five-b of the social services law (transferred to the  New   York  state  department  of  health from the former department of social   services pursuant to subdivision (e) of section one  hundred  twenty-two   of  part  B  of  chapter four hundred thirty-six of the laws of nineteen   hundred ninety-seven).2. The head of the office shall be the Medicaid inspector general  who   shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of   the  senate.  The inspector shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.   The  inspector  shall  report  directly  to  the  governor.  The  person   appointed as inspector shall, upon his or her appointment, have not less   than  ten  years professional experience in one or more of the following   areas of expertise: law, provided the experience involves prosecution or   some consideration of fraud;  fraud  investigation;  and  auditing.  The   inspector  may  possess  comparable  alternate experience in the area of   health care or the area of senior management, in either  the  public  or   private   setting,   provided   that   such   experience  involves  some   consideration of fraud.3. The inspector shall be  compensated  within  the  limits  of  funds   available therefor, provided, however, such salary shall be no less than   the  salaries  of certain state officers holding the positions indicated   in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section one hundred sixty-nine of   the executive law.
NY Pub Health L § 33 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 3 - Office of the Medicaid Inspector General 33 - Cooperation of Agency Officials and Employees.

§ 33. Cooperation of agency officials and employees. 1. In addition to   the  authority  otherwise  provided  by  this  title,  the inspector, in   carrying out the provisions of this title, is authorized to request such   information, assistance and cooperation from any federal, state or local   governmental department, board, bureau, commission, or other  agency  or   unit  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  for  carrying  out the duties and   responsibilities enjoined upon the inspector by this section. State  and   local  agencies  or  units thereof are hereby authorized and directed to   provide to the inspector, or, at the request of the inspector, to  state   agencies   or   their  contractors,  such  information,  assistance  and   cooperation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,   requests for information, assistance and cooperation  may  include,  but   not be limited to, all state and local government birth, death and vital   statistics which may be contained in files, databases or registries, and   for all information shall, upon request, include, where possible, making   electronic  copies  or  record  exchanges  available. Executive agencies   shall coordinate and facilitate the transfer  of  appropriate  functions   and  positions  to  the  office  as  necessary  and  in  accordance with   applicable law.2. Upon request of a local social services district or a prosecutor of   competent jurisdiction, the office, department, any other state or local   government entity and the Medicaid fraud control unit shall provide such   information and assistance as such entity or unit shall deem  necessary,   appropriate  and  available  to  aid and facilitate the investigation of   fraud and abuse within the medical assistance program and the recoupment   of improperly expended funds.
NY Pub Health L § 34 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 3 - Office of the Medicaid Inspector General 34 - Transfer of Employees.

§  34.  Transfer  of  employees.  Upon  the  transfer  of  the medical   assistance program audit and fraud and abuse prevention  functions  from   the  department  and  the  offices  of  mental  health,  alcoholism  and   substance abuse services, temporary disability assistance, and  children   and  family  services  and  the  office  for  people  with developmental   disabilities to the office within the  department  pursuant  to  section   thirty-one  of  this  title, provision shall be made for the transfer of   necessary officers and employees who are substantially  engaged  in  the   performance  of  the  function  to be transferred, and any documents and   records necessary and related to the transfer  of  such  functions.  The   heads  of  the departments or agencies from which such function is to be   transferred and the inspector shall confer to determine the officers and   employees who  are  substantially  engaged  in  the  medical  assistance   program audit and fraud and abuse prevention function to be transferred.   In  accordance  with  subdivision  two  of  section seventy of the civil   service law, officers and employees so transferred shall be  transferred   without  further  examination  or  qualification  to the same or similar   titles and shall remain in the same collective bargaining unit and shall   retain their respective civil service classification, status and  rights   pursuant  to  their collective bargaining unit and collective bargaining   agreement.  Notwithstanding the office's regional operations, all office   employees shall be co-located, to the greatest extent  practicable.  The   inspector  shall  have  sole  responsibility for establishing methods of   administration for the office.
NY Pub Health L § 36 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 3 - Office of the Medicaid Inspector General 36 - Disclosure of Information.

§  36.  Disclosure  of  information.  The inspector shall not disclose   information which is prohibited from disclosure by any  other  provision   of law.
NY Pub Health L § 200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 200 - Department of Health; Continuation.

§ 200. Department of health; continuation.  There shall continue to be   in  the  state  government  a  department  of  health.  The  head of the   department shall be the commissioner of health of the state of New York.
NY Pub Health L § 202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 202 - Divisions.

§ 202. Divisions.  1. There shall be in the department such divisions,   bureaus  and  other  units  as  the  commissioner  from time to time may   determine to be necessary and the director of the budget shall approve.2. The commissioner may, from time  to  time,  abolish,  transfer  and   consolidate divisions, bureaus and other units within the department not   expressly  established  by  law  as  he  may determine necessary for the   efficient operation of the department.
NY Pub Health L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 203 - Commissioner; Qualifications.

§  203.  Commissioner;  qualifications.    The commissioner shall be a   physician, a graduate of an incorporated medical college,  of  at  least   ten  years'  experience in the actual practice of his profession, and of   skill and experience in public health duties and sanitary science.
NY Pub Health L § 204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 204 - Commissioner; Appointment; Term of Office.

§ 204. Commissioner; appointment; term of office.  1. The commissioner   shall  be  appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent   of the senate and shall hold office until the end of  the  term  of  the   governor  by  whom he was appointed and until his successor is appointed   and has qualified.2. The present commissioner shall be the head of  the  department  and   shall hold office until the expiration of his present term and until his   successor is appointed and has qualified. If, prior to the expiration of   such  present  term, a vacancy shall occur or exist in the office of the   commissioner it shall be filled by appointment by the governor,  by  and   with the advice and consent of the senate, for a term expiring with that   of the governor by whom the appointment was made.3.  During his term of office the commissioner shall not engage in any   occupation which conflicts with the performance of his official duties.
NY Pub Health L § 205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 205 - Commissioner; Compensation and Expenses.

§  205.  Commissioner;  compensation  and expenses.   The commissioner   shall receive an annual salary not  to  exceed  an  amount  appropriated   therefor  by  the  legislature and his expenses actually and necessarily   incurred in the performance of his  official  duties,  unless  otherwise   provided by the legislature.
NY Pub Health L § 206-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 206-B - Special Requirements With Respect to Lyme Disease Diagnosis.

§  206-b. Special requirements with respect to Lyme disease diagnosis.   1. Within thirty days after the effective  date  of  this  section,  the   commissioner  shall,  in  writing,  order  every physician practicing in   Suffolk, Westchester and Nassau counties to review the  medical  records   of  any  patient  such  physician  treated  during the period commencing   January first, nineteen hundred seventy-five and ending on the  date  of   such   order  wherein  such  physician  made  a  diagnosis  of  juvenile   rheumatoid arthritis and to review the circumstances of  such  diagnosis   to  reconsider  whether such patient has suffered, or is suffering, from   the complex, multi-system disorder  caused  by  the  bacterium  Borrelia   burgdorferi, which disease is transmitted by the Ixodes dammini tick and   is  commonly referred to as "Lyme disease". In any case where a hospital   or other health care institution or provider has custody or  control  of   the  medical  records  for  a  patient  so  diagnosed, upon request such   physician shall be entitled to review such medical records for  purposes   of  complying  with  such  order  or the commissioner may order any such   hospital or other health care institution or provider wherever  situated   within  the  state  to  review such records to reconsider a diagnosis of   Lyme disease.2. The commissioner, upon a showing that there is a  reasonable  basis   to  believe  that  the  order  provided for herein has not been complied   with, shall be entitled to apply to a justice of the supreme  court  for   an  order  requiring any such physician to submit for the commissioner's   consideration such records, charts or other pertinent  data  which  will   enable him to determine whether there has been full compliance with such   order.3. In any case where a review of such records indicates that a patient   may have been, or is, suffering from Lyme disease, such physician shall,   consistent  with  customary  and acceptable medical standards, take such   action he deems necessary to inform such patient or in  the  case  of  a   minor, his or her parent or guardian of his findings, conduct additional   tests,  administer  other  necessary treatments or refer such patient to   another physician for further diagnosis and/or treatment.
NY Pub Health L § 207-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 207-A - Tick-Borne Diseases and Blood-Borne Pathogen Impact Study.

§ 207-a. Tick-borne diseases and blood-borne pathogen impact study. 1. The  department,  in conjunction with the commissioner of mental health, shall issue a report examining the mental health impacts  of  tick-borne diseases  and  blood-borne  pathogens on mental illness rates in endemic areas of the state. Such report shall include but not be limited to:  (a) Considerations  of  how  Lyme,  tick-borne  illnesses,  and  other blood-borne  pathogens  or  vector-borne  diseases may have correlations with mental illness in infected individuals;  (b) Populations at-risk including those individuals  with  occupations outdoors and/or increased exposure to vectors;  (c)  Diagnostic  indicators  of  mental  illness  that  can be used as guidance for healthcare providers and mental health practitioners;  (d) Historical considerations of infection rates  and  mental  illness indicators  that  may  have  gone undiagnosed or misdiagnosed in endemic areas; and  (e)  Recommendations  for  intervention  and  coordinated   care   for individuals  who  exhibit  mental  illness symptoms as well as those who have both physical and mental health indicators.   2. Such report shall be submitted to the temporary  president  of  the senate  and the speaker of the assembly no later than October first, two thousand nineteen. The department and the commissioner of mental  health may  engage stakeholders in the compilation of the report, including but not   limited   to,   medical   research   institutions,   health   care practitioners, mental health providers, county and local government, and advocates.
NY Pub Health L § 208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 208 - Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Qualifications and Duties.

§  208.  Deputy commissioners; appointment; qualifications and duties.   1. The commissioner shall appoint and at pleasure remove a first  deputy   commissioner  and  such  other  deputy  commissioners  as  he shall deem   necessary for the proper organization and general classification of  the   work of the department.2.  The  first  deputy  commissioner  shall be a physician licensed or   eligible for license to practice medicine and surgery in this state, and   who shall have been actively engaged in the practice of  his  profession   for a period of at least five years.3.  The  deputy  commissioners  shall  perform such duties as shall be   prescribed by the commissioner.
NY Pub Health L § 209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 209 - Deputy Commissioners; Compensation.

§ 209. Deputy commissioners; compensation.  The commissioner shall fix   the  compensation of deputy commissioners within the amount appropriated   therefor by the legislature.
NY Pub Health L § 210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 210 - Officers and Employees; Appointment.

§  210.  Officers  and employees; appointment.  The commissioner shall   appoint such assistant commissioners, officers and other  assistants  as   are necessary for the proper performance of the powers and duties of the   department.
NY Pub Health L § 211 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 211 - Training.

§  211.  Training.    The  commissioner  may, within the appropriation   allowed therefor, provide suitable training for personnel engaged in  or   to  be engaged in the maintenance or improvement of public health in the   state.
NY Pub Health L § 211-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 1 - Officers and Employees 211-A - Continuation of Salaries of Employees of the Department While Receiving Training.

§ 211-a. Continuation of salaries of employees of the department while   receiving   training.      The  commissioner  may,  within  the  amounts   appropriated therefor, continue the salaries, in full  or  in  part,  of   employees of the department and the institutions in the department while   such  employees  are  absent from their regular duties and are receiving   training for the better performance of duties,  provided  that  no  such   compensation  shall  be  so  continued  to  a  greater  extent than will   reimburse such employees for the loss of earnings while  receiving  such   training.
NY Pub Health L § 220 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 2 - The Public Health Council 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 fourteen   members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and  consent  of   the  senate;  provided  that effective December first, two thousand ten,   the membership of the council shall  consist  of  the  commissioner  and   twenty-four  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: home care agencies, diagnostic and treatment  centers,   health care payors, and labor organizations for health care employees.
NY Pub Health L § 221 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 2 - The Public Health Council 221 - Public Health and Health Planning Council; Terms of Office; Vacancies.

§  221.  Public  health  and health planning council; terms of office;   vacancies. 1. The terms of office of members of the  public  health  and   health  planning  council shall be six years. The members of the council   shall continue in office until the expiration of their terms  and  until   their  successors  are  appointed  and have qualified. Such appointments   shall be made by the governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the   senate, within one year following the expiration of such terms.2.  Vacancies  shall  be filled by appointment by the governor for the   unexpired terms within one year of the date upon  which  such  vacancies   occur.3.  In  making appointments to the council, the governor shall seek to   ensure that membership on the council  reflects  the  diversity  of  the   state's  population including, but not limited to the various geographic   areas and population densities throughout the state.4. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, of the ten members   appointed or reappointed to the council on or after December first,  two   thousand  ten,  two shall serve a term of three years, two shall serve a   term of four years, three shall serve a term of five  years,  and  three   shall  serve  a  term  of  six  years.  Thereafter, members appointed or   reappointed upon expiration of a term of office shall be appointed for a   term of six years and shall continue in office  until  their  successors   are appointed.
NY Pub Health L § 222 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 2 - The Public Health Council 222 - Public Health and Health Planning Council; Meetings; By-Laws.

§  222.  Public health and health planning council; meetings; by-laws.   1.  The  public  health  and  health  planning  council  shall  meet  as   frequently as its business may require, and at least twice in each year.2.  The  governor  shall  designate  one  of the members of the public   health and health planning council as its chair.3. The public health and health planning council shall enact and  from   time  to  time  may  amend  by-laws  in relation to its meetings and the   transactions of its business.4. All meetings of the public health and health planning council shall   in every proceeding be deemed to have been  duly  called  and  regularly   held,  and  all regulations and proceedings to have been duly authorized   unless the contrary be proved.
NY Pub Health L § 223 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 2 - The Public Health Council 223 - Public Health and Health Planning Council; Compensation and Expenses.

§  223.  Public  health  and health planning council; compensation and   expenses. The members of the public health and health  planning  council   other  than the commissioner of health shall receive no compensation for   their services, but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  expenses  actually  and   necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
NY Pub Health L § 224 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 2 - The Department of Health Title 2 - The Public Health Council 224 - Public Health and Health Planning Council; Secretary, Employees.

§   224.   Public  health  and  health  planning  council;  secretary,   employees. The commissioner upon request of the public health and health   planning  council,  shall  designate  an  officer  or  employee  of  the   department  to act as secretary of the public health and health planning   council, and shall assign from time to time such other employees as  the   public health and health planning council may require.