New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 5 - Executive Orders (George E. Pataki) › Section 5.54 - Executive order no. 54: establishing the new york interagency task force on hiv/aids

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, AIDS is the leading cause of death for 30 to 49
					 year old men, 20 to 49 year old women and 1 to 9 year old children in New York
					 City and remains among the top five causes of death for all New York State men
					 and women ages 20 to 59;
WHEREAS, New York State leads the nation in the country's
					 cumulative AIDS incidence, with over 115,000 AIDS cases diagnosed and reported
					 as of July 1997; and
WHEREAS, the State would like to ensure the continuation of
					 the process that the New York State Department of Health and its AIDS Institute
					 have been following to coordinate the State's policies with respect to AIDS in
					 order to increase efficiency and reduce duplication of efforts among
					 agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby establish the New York State
					 Interagency Task Force on HIV/AIDS.
I.
				  Membership
The Task Force shall consist of 17 members. Members of the
					 Task Force shall include the Director of State Operations and the Commissioner
					 of Health who shall serve as Co-Chairpersons; as well as the Commissioners of
					 the Office of Children and Family Services, Office of Temporary and Disability
					 Assistance, Office of Mental Health, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
					 Services, Education Department, Department of Correctional Services, and
					 Division of Housing and Community Renewal; and the Directors of the Division of
					 Parole, Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives, Division of the
					 Budget, Division of Criminal Justice Services, Division for Women, Division of
					 Human Rights and Council on Children and Families. Each Task Force member may
					 designate a specific officer of his or her respective department(s), office, or
					 division to represent him/her and exercise all the powers of such task force
					 member as the case may be at all meetings of the task force from which such
					 member may be absent.
II.
				  Term of the New York State Interagency Task Force on HIV/AIDS
The task force shall be constituted for two years from the
					 date of its creation and shall meet at least quarterly during the two year
					 period.
III. Powers and
				  Responsibilities
The task force shall undertake the following
					 responsibilities:
a) coordination of
				  programmatic and fiscal planning among the agencies, offices or
				  divisions;
b) identification of
				  areas of duplication and fragmentation among agencies, offices or divisions and
				  development of a plan to address such problems and to promote efficiency and
				  cost effectiveness;
c) development
				  of plans for the education of agency personnel to increase awareness of
				  HIV/AIDS issues, especially the potential consequences of programmatic
				  decisions on persons affected by HIV/AIDS;
d) coordination of the implementation of
				  specific HIV/AIDS policies and programs among all agencies;
e) development of a comprehensive list of
				  programs which service persons affected with HIV/AIDS;
f) establishment of a collaborative
				  relationship with the New York State AIDS Advisory Council to ensure the
				  sharing of information on activities falling within the jurisdiction of both
				  the task force and the Council. The Chairperson of the AIDS Advisory Council
				  (or his or her designee) shall be invited to attend meetings of the Interagency
				  Task Force; and g) development of a process for continuing interagency
				  coordination following the term of the task force.
The Interagency Task Force shall make a report to the
					 Governor at the end of its two year life, with respect to its deliberations,
					 conclusions and any recommendations requiring Executive and/or legislative
					 action.