2016 New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 8 - (Social Services) NEW YORK STATE RURAL HUMAN SERVICES NETWORKING PROGRAM
464-B - Definitions.

 464-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
1.  "Rural  area"  shall  mean  a rural area as defined in section two
  thousand nine hundred fifty-one of the public health law.
2. "Advisory committee" shall mean the committee created in accordance
  with section four hundred sixty-four-c of this article, for the purposes
  of assisting the commissioner in administering the New York state  rural
  human  services networking program created pursuant to the provisions of
  this article.
3. "Human service" shall mean any service provided to  individuals  or
  groups  of  individuals,  for the purpose of improving or enhancing such
  individuals'  health  and/or  welfare,  by  addressing  social  problems
  including  but  not  limited  to:  domestic violence, teenage pregnancy,
  migrant health problems, child abuse, nutritional deficiencies, suicide,
  hunger, unemployment, lack of suitable shelter, crime, drug and  alcohol
  abuse and poverty.
4.  "Human  services provider" shall mean any public or not-for-profit
  private entity utilizing public  and/or  private  funds  to  provide  or
  contract  for  the  provision  of  human services for the benefit of the
  general public or specific client groups.