New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 4 - Executive Orders (Mario M. Cuomo) › Section 4.99 - Executive order no. 99: restructuring the interagency task force on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids)

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
As of June, 1987, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
					 (AIDS) has affected more than 37,386 persons and caused more than 21,621 deaths
					 in the United States. Over 30 percent of all cases in the United States have
					 been reported from New York State.
As the impact of AIDS has spread, several State agencies
					 have confronted and responded to issues relating to AIDS. In addition, an
					 Interagency Task Force on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was
					 established by Executive Order No. 15 on May 16, 1983 to coordinate State
					 agency activities related to AIDS. The Task Force has met periodically to
					 discuss major interagency issues.
In light of the continuing need to strengthen State efforts
					 to combat this disease and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
					 Constitution and laws of the State of New York, I, Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of
					 the State of New York, hereby reorganize the Interagency Task Force on Acquired
					 Immune Deficiency Syndrome to provide for the direct participation by the
					 Executive Chamber on the Task Force.
I. Membership
The members of the Task Force shall consist of the Deputy
					 Secretary to the Governor for Human Services, who will chair the Task Force,
					 the Commissioners of Health, Social Services, Correctional Services, Mental
					 Health, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Human Rights, and
					 Labor, the Superintendent of Insurance, the Chairman of the Commission of
					 Correction, the Directors of the Division for Youth, the Division for Women,
					 the Division of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, the Office of Employee Relations,
					 and the Division of Substance Abuse Services.
II. Power and Responsibilities
The Task Force shall:
coordinate the public and private efforts in the fight
					 against AIDS;
disseminate to the public the best possible information
					 available concerning the proper modes of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and
					 follow-up care for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and
					 HIV-related disorders;
monitor the extent and nature of the HIV infection and
					 HIV-related disorders;
encourage research efforts by medical centers,
					 universities, nonprofit organizations and research centers concerning AIDS
					 cases; and submit reports to me every six months describing its progress in
					 fulfilling its responsibilities and the status of State efforts to deal with
					 AIDS-related issues.
III.
				  Assistance to the Task Force
All departments, divisions, boards, offices and public
					 corporations of the State are requested to cooperate with the Task Force and to
					 provide such assistance as the Task Force may request to fulfill its
					 purposes.
Executive Order No. 15, promulgated on May 16, 1983, is
					 revoked and superseded by this Executive Order as of the date hereof.
Signed: Mario M. CuomoDated: August 10, 1987
[FN*] [Revoked and superseded by Executive Order No. 54
					 (George E. Pataki) §
											5.54, infra.]
[FN[DAGGER]] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 5 (Eliot
					 Spitzer), infra.]
[Revoked by Executive Order No. 9 (David A. Paterson),
					 infra.]
[Revoked by Executive Order No. 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo),
					 infra.]