New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 3 - Executive Orders (Hugh L. Carey) › Section 3.33 - Executive order no. 33: [establishing a state advisory council on the handicapped.]

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
I, Hugh L. Carey, 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, in order to provide the State with the broadest policy advice on
					 the educational, health, social and vocational programs for the handicapped,
					 and in order to assure that the special needs of the handicapped are
					 appropriately considered in State programs, and in order to coordinate all
					 programs for the handicapped and eliminate any fragmentation of program
					 responsibility for the handicapped, do hereby establish a State Advisory
					 Council on the Handicapped, in the New York State Health Planning Commission.
					 The Council membership will include the heads of agencies whose programs and
					 activities affect the handicapped, including, but not limited to, the
					 Commissioners of Health; Mental Hygiene; Social Services; Education; Civil
					 Service; Correctional Services; Housing; Human Rights; General Services;
					 Commerce; Labor; Parks and Recreation; Transportation; Secretary of State;
					 Director, Office for the Aging; Director, Division for Veterans' Affairs;
					 Director, Division for Youth; Executive Director, Board of Social Welfare;
					 Chairman, Workmen's Compensation Board; Chairman, Health Planning Commission;
					 Director of the Budget; and Chancellor of the State University. The
					 Co-Chairpersons of the Council will be the Chairman of the Health Planning
					 Commission and the Secretary of State.
I. General Powers
The Council shall report to the Health Planning Commission
					 on all policies and programs which affect persons with physical, mental or
					 emotional disabilities. Such reporting shall be to implement the State's
					 concern that government be made responsive to the needs of these individuals
					 and to fulfill the State commitment to develop a comprehensive and effective
					 State policy to insure that each handicapped person will have the opportunity
					 to live as independently as possible in the community with full opportunity to
					 develop his or her capacity for growth and experience. The Council is further
					 charged with assisting State government to do everything within its power to
					 eliminate obstacles to dignity and achievement which handicapped citizens may
					 face as a result of a government and society unaware of or insensitive to their
					 needs. In order to fulfill these functions:
A. The Council shall report to the Health
				  Planning Commission on these portions of the State Health Plan dealing with the
				  handicapped, and shall identify the needs of the handicapped and the
				  appropriate State objectives to meet such needs.
Objectives shall be developed in the areas of
					 transportation, health, education, rehabilitative services, employment and the
					 design and construction of public facilities and housing, as well as in other
					 areas relevant to the handicapped. For each objective, necessary legislative,
					 fiscal, programmatic and administrative activities shall be proposed to the
					 Health Planning Commission for action. In order to develop these
					 activities:
1. The Council shall
				  examine Federal, State and local programs for the handicapped to determine
				  where inadequacies exist; where modifications, expansion, or terminations of
				  State programs are appropriate; where new initiatives are necessary; and where
				  greater coordination between Federal, State and local programs is needed;
				  and
2. The Council shall review
				  ongoing and newly-created State programs for the handicapped to examine their
				  effectiveness and efficiency and to make programmatic and budgetary
				  recommendations.