2017 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 2 - The Department of Health
Title 2-C - Charles D. Cook Office of Rural Health
236-B - Rural Health Council.

  236-b.  Rural  health council. 1. There shall be established within
  the office a rural health council to be composed of  twenty-one  members
  who shall be appointed as follows:
a. five members by the temporary president of the senate;
b. two members by the minority leader of the senate;
c. five members by the speaker of the assembly;
d. two members by the minority leader of the assembly; and
e. seven members by the governor.
Vacancies  in  the  membership  of such council shall be filled by the
  appropriate appointing authority. The rural health council shall  select
  a  chairperson  from among its members. The members of the council shall
  be reflective of the state's rural  areas,  as  defined  in  subdivision
  seven of section four hundred eighty-one of the executive law, and shall
  include  representatives  of  health  care  providers  that comprise the
  health care delivery system in the state's rural areas, individuals with
  expertise  in  clinical  and  administrative  aspects  of  health   care
  delivery,   health   care   financing  and  reimbursement,  health  care
  regulation, public health, health planning, health workforce  education,
  and behavioral health.
2.  The  rural  health  council  shall be responsible for advising the
  commissioner with respect to all aspects of rural health care and  rural
  health  care  delivery  including,  but  not  limited  to, the impact of
  proposed programs, statutes, regulations and health  care  reimbursement
  policies. The rural health council shall also assist the office with its
  responsibilities as delineated in section two hundred thirty-six of this
  title;  contribute  to  the biennial report required pursuant to section
  two hundred thirty-seven of this title, and act as liaison and  advocate
  on rural health matters.
3.  At  least  annually the rural health council shall, in conjunction
  with the office, submit a report to the  regional  economic  development
  councils  on  the  status  of  the health care workforce supply in their
  respective regions.
4. Staff support for the rural health council shall be provided for by
  the office as provided for in section two  hundred  thirty-six  of  this
  title.
5.  The  rural health council shall meet as frequently as its business
  may require, but not less than two times a year. Meetings may be  called
  by the chairman or at the request of the commissioner.
6.  The  entirety of each meeting of the rural health council shall be
  live webcast to the public on the department's website, and archived  on
  the department's website, for a period of no less than two years, within
  twenty-four hours of the adjournment of the last meeting. The department
  shall provide notice to the public, via the department's website, of the
  availability of the live webcast of each such meeting.
7.   The  members  of  the  rural  health  council  shall  receive  no
  compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their  actual  and
  necessary   expenses   incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  duties
  hereunder.