New York State Health Planning Commission Subject Files

Alphabetical by subject heading, then chronological.

The regional planning mechanism originated in 1965 as a requirement of federal funds under the Public Health Services Act, PL 89-749. PL 93-641 reauthorized and reorganized the system. The Health Planning Commission was an interdepartmental health policy coordinating council created by executive order in 1967 to comply with PL 89-749. It monitored the formation of regional councils and agencies.

This series documents the 1975 reorganization of area Health Systems Agencies, the selection process for membership on state health councils, and the formation and initial activities of the State Health Planning Advisory Council and the State Advisory Council on the Handicapped. The records concern legislation, administrative structure, and political factors affecting organization of viable agencies; executive action creating the Advisory Councils; and structure and membership of state health councils.

The series contains memoranda, correspondence, speeches, executive orders, proposed legislation, and membership lists pertaining to designation of health systems areas and agencies and appointments to state health councils. Several files contain correspondence and position papers analyzing fiscal implications of expanded services for perinatal care and federally subsidized school meals. There are also press releases, correspondence, proposed agendas, drafts of position papers, minutes and articles on involvement of the Health Planning Commission in two national conferences, the National Governors' Conference on implementation of state administrative programs under PL 93-641, and the 1977 White House Conference on the Handicapped.

Much of the correspondence and memoranda are the work of William Leavy, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Department of Health for Health Planning; Joseph Bergen, staff member of the Health Planning Commission; and Kevin Cahill, M.D., Special Assistant to the Governor for Health Affairs.

B1112Series B1112, Minutes and Reports of the Committee on Rehabilitation of the Interdepartmental Health Resources Board

B1113Series B1113, Minutes and Reports of the Interdepartmental Health and Hospital Council and

10775Series 10775, Department of Health Committee on Rehabilitation Reports, Memoranda, and Minutes, contain related records

12983Series 12983, Chairperson's and Executive Director's Subject Files, contains related records of the New York State Health Planning Commission

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