Relates to the offices and departments that the department of health shall consult with for the traumatic brain injury program
Summary
This bill amends New York’s Public Health Law provisions governing the traumatic brain injury (TBI) program. It updates the list of state offices and departments that the Department of Health must consult with when administering TBI policy, replacing the former Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services with the Office of Addiction Services and Supports and adding the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and the Department of Veterans’ Services.
The bill also revises the membership of the Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordinating Council. In addition to existing state officials and agency designees, it expands the council to include the executive director of the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and the commissioner of the Department of Veterans’ Services, and it preserves the requirement that several appointed members be people with traumatic brain injury or public representatives with relevant expertise and interest. The bill takes effect immediately if enacted.
Impact
The bill would change sections 2740 and 2744 of the Public Health Law by updating agency names and broadening the set of state entities involved in TBI coordination and oversight. It would not create a new program, but it would alter the consultation structure and council composition for the existing traumatic brain injury program, affecting the Department of Health and the agencies and appointees participating in policy coordination.
Sentiment
The available context suggests generally supportive, noncontroversial treatment of the bill. It was introduced by the Committee on Rules at the request of Assembly members and referred to the Health Committee, with no recorded votes or committee transcript objections in the provided materials. The changes appear technical and administrative, focused on aligning agency references and adding relevant stakeholders.
Contention
No explicit opposition or debate is reflected in the provided record. The only potentially notable policy choice is the expansion of consultation and council membership to include domestic violence prevention and veterans’ services, which may reflect an effort to broaden the program’s perspective on affected populations. Another point is the statutory update from the old substance abuse agency name to the current addiction services agency, which is largely a conforming change rather than a substantive policy dispute.
Same As
Requires the department of health to consult with the office of addiction services and supports, the office for the prevention of domestic violence, and the department of veterans' services for purposes of administering the traumatic brain injury program and state policies with respect to traumatic brain injuries; adds the commissioner or executive director of such offices or departments to the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council.
Requires the department of health to consult with the office of addiction services and supports, the office for the prevention of domestic violence, and the department of veterans' services for purposes of administering the traumatic brain injury program and state policies with respect to traumatic brain injuries; adds the commissioner or executive director of such offices or departments to the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council.
Directs the coordination of policies and services of the traumatic brain injury program with the office for the prevention of domestic violence; includes the executive director of the office for the prevention of domestic violence on the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council.
Directs the coordination of policies and services of the traumatic brain injury program with the office for the prevention of domestic violence; includes the executive director of the office for the prevention of domestic violence on the traumatic brain injury services coordinating council.
Transfers responsibility for implementation of services for persons with traumatic brain injuries from the director of the department of human services to the EOHHS.