§ 5.06 Behavioral health services advisory council.\n (a) There is hereby created within the department a behavioral health\nservices advisory council, the purpose of which shall be to advise the\noffices of mental health and addiction services and supports on matters\nrelating to the provision of behavioral health services; issues of joint\nconcern to the offices, including the integration of various behavioral\nhealth services and the integration of behavioral health services with\nhealth services; issues related to the delivery of behavioral health\nservices that are responsive to local, state and federal concerns; and\nissues related to treatment disparities and treatment equity, as defined\nin section 19.45 of this chapter. The council shall consist of the\ncommissioners of mental health and of addiction services and supports,\nwho shall not have the right to vote, the chair of the conference of\nlocal mental hygiene directors or his or her designee, and thirty-two\nmembers appointed by the governor, upon the advice and consent of the\nsenate. Members shall be appointed only if they have professional\nknowledge in the care of persons receiving behavioral health services,\nor an active interest in the behavioral health services system.\n (b) The governor shall designate one of the members of the council as\nchair. At least one-half of the members of the council shall not be\nproviders of behavioral health services. Membership shall reflect a\nbalanced representation of persons with interests in mental health and\nsubstance use disorder services and shall include:\n (1) at least five current or former consumers of behavioral health\nservices;\n (2) at least three individuals who are parents or relatives of current\nor former consumers of behavioral health services;\n (3) at least three members who are not providers of behavioral health\nservices and who represent non-governmental organizations, such as\nnot-for-profit entities representing health or behavioral health care\nemployees, private payors of behavioral health services, or other\norganizations concerned with the provision of behavioral health\nservices;\n (4) at least five representatives of providers of services to persons\nwith mental illness and at least five representatives of providers of\nservices to persons with substance use disorders, at least two of whom\nshall be physicians and at least one of whom shall have provided\nservices to veterans who served in a combat theater or combat zone of\noperations;\n (5) one member appointed on the recommendation of the state\ncommissioner of the department of veterans' services and one member\nappointed on the recommendation of the adjutant general of the division\nof military and naval affairs, at least one of whom shall be a current\nor former consumer of mental health services or substance use disorder\nservices who is a veteran who has served in a combat theater or combat\nzone of operations and is a member of a veterans organization;\n (6) at least three representatives of local governments or other state\nand local agencies concerned with the provision of behavioral health\nservices;\n (7) at least two members who are also members of the public health and\nhealth planning council pursuant to section two hundred twenty of the\npublic health law; and\n (8) at least four members that have expertise in issues facing\nvulnerable populations, as defined in section 19.45 of this chapter, who\nare receiving or seeking to receive substance use disorder services. Of\nsuch members, one member shall be appointed by the governor at the\nrecommendation of the temporary president of the senate, one member\nshall be appointed by the governor at the recommendation of the minority\nleader of the senate, one member shall be appointed by the governor at\nthe recommendation of the speaker of the assembly and one member shall\nbe appointed by the governor at the recommendation of the minority\nleader of the assembly.\n (c)
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