New York State Department of Health explained

Agency Name:New York State Department of Health
Type:department
Jurisdiction:New York
Headquarters:Albany, NY
Chief1 Name:James V. McDonald M.D., M.P.H.
Chief1 Position:Commissioner (Appointed June 9, 2023)
Keydocument1:Public Health Law

The New York State Department of Health is the department of the New York state government responsible for public health. Its regulations are compiled in title 10 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations.

Public health infrastructure

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the public health infrastructure as three components: workforce capacity and competency: the recruitment, continuing education, and retention of health professionals; organizational capacity: the consortium of public health agencies and laboratories, working with private and nonprofit organizations; and information and data systems: the up-to-date guidelines, recommendations and health alerts, and the information and systems that monitor disease and enable efficient communication.[1]

New York State relies on a county-based system for delivery of public health services. The Department of Health promotes the prevention and disease control, environmental health, healthy lifestyles, and emergency preparedness and response; supervises local health boards; oversees reporting and vital records; conducts surveillance of hospitals; does research at the Wadsworth Center; and administers several other health insurance programs and institutions.[2] 58 local health departments offer core services including assessing community health, disease control and prevention, family health, and health education; 37 localities provide environmental health services, while the other 21 rely on the state's Department of Health.[2]

At the local level, public health workers are found not only in local health agencies but also in private and nonprofit organizations concerned with the public's health.[1] The most common professional disciplines are physicians, nurses, environmental specialists, laboratorians, health educators, disease investigators, outreach workers, and managers, but also includes allied health professions.[1] Nurses represented 22% of the localities' workforce (and 42% of full-time equivalent workers in rural localities), scientific/investigative staff represented 22%–27% of the workforce, support staff represented 28%, education/outreach staff represented 10%, and physicians represented 1%.[2] In 2018 the New York State Department of Health had over 3300 personnel in its central office, three regional offices, three field offices and nine district health offices, and an additional 1400 personnel in its five healthcare institutions.[3]

Statewide Health Information Network

The Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY, pronounced "shiny") is a health information exchange that allows healthcare providers to access and share patient data, managed by the nonprofit New York eHealth Collaborative. The Regional Health Information Organizations include:

History

The earliest New York state laws regarding public health were quarantine laws for the port of New York, first passed by the New York General Assembly in 1758.[4] [5] The 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic precipitated the 1799–1800 creation of the New York Marine Hospital, and in 1801 its resident physician and the health officers of the port were constituted as the New York City board of health. The 1826–1837 cholera pandemic precipitated further legislation. In 1847 a law mandated civil registration of vital events (births, marriages, and deaths). In 1866, the state legislature passed the Metropolitan Health Law and established the NYC Metropolitan Board of Health, and in 1870 the legislature replaced it with the NYC Department of Health.[6] [7]

The State Board of Health was created 18 May 1880 by the 103rd Legislature.[8] The 1881–1896 cholera pandemic further caused an expansion of its powers to compel reporting and to perform the duties of local boards of health. The State Department of Health and its commissioner were created by an act of 19 February 1901 of the 124th Legislature, superseding the board.[9]

List of commissioners

Name Dates in Office Governors Served Comments
March 6, 1901[10] – Early 1905 Previously was President of the State Board of Health, which became the Department of Health, and served out full term
May 1905[11] – Early 1914 Served out his term
Hermann M. BiggsJanuary 19, 1914[12] – June 28, 1923[13] Died while serving
Matthias Nicoll Jr.July 12, 1923[14] – January 11, 1930[15] Resigned to become Commissioner of the Westchester County (New York) Department of Health
Thomas J. Parran, Jr.March 5, 1930[16] – May 6, 1936[17] Resigned to become Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service
April 21, 1936[18] – May 1, 1947[19] Retired
July 1, 1947[20] – January 7, 1963[21] Became head of the Division of Public Health Practice at the Columbia University School of Public Health[22]
January 7, 1963? – January 2, 1975[23] [24] Nelson A. Rockefeller Served out full term
Robert P. WhalenJanuary 2, 1975 – April 29, 1975[25] (acting)
April 29, 1975 – December 31,1978[26] 		Resigned to become Vice chairman of the New York State Health Planning Commission
David AxelrodJanuary 1, 1979[27] – May 12, 1991[28] Resigned after a severe stroke[29]
February 25, 1991 – June 9, 1992 Mario M. Cuomo Acting[30]
June 9, 1992[31] – December 31, 1994 Mario M. Cuomo Served out full term
Early February 1995[32] – November 1, 1998[33] Resigned to become an executive in the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
November 1, 1998 – June 1999 George E. Pataki Acting[34]
June 1999[35] – December 31, 2006George E. Pataki Served out full term
February 2007[36] – December 31, 2010[37] Served out full term
January 24, 2011[38] – May 4, 2014 Resigned to become chief operating officer at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California[39]
May 4, 2014 – May 5, 2015 (acting)
May 5, 2015[40] – December 1, 2021		Part of Governor Cuomo and Hochul's COVID-19 task force during the pandemic[41]
December 1, 2021 – January 1, 2023Kathy Hochul Part of Governor Hochul's COVID-19 task force during the pandemic[42]
James V. McDonald January 1, 2023 – June 9, 2023 (acting)
June 9, 2023[43] – current 		Kathy Hochul Current commissioner

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Public Health's Infrastructure: A Status Report . 2001 . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
  2. Book: Strengthening New York's Public Health System for the 21st Century . December 2003 . New York State Public Health Council . 180188059.
  3. Book: NYS Department of Health 2018 Annual Report . New York State Public Health Council .
  4. Book: Thirtieth Annual report of the State Department of Health of New York for the year ending December 31, 1909 . 1910 . New York State Department of Health . 490–492 . 1760127.
  5. Book: An Act to prevent the bringing in and Spreading of Infectious Distempers in this Colony. The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution. 4. 1894. 28028259. 2027/mdp.39015011398438. 237–239. J. B. Lyon, state printer . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011398438?urlappend=%3Bseq=243. Chapter 1061 of Van Schaack, chapter 139 (vol. 2) of Livingston & Smith, enacted 24 March 1758, expired 1 January 1762. See also chapter 1213 on page 707.
  6. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433090738422?urlappend=%3Bseq=120 Chapter 74
  7. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433090741947?urlappend=%3Bseq=387 Chapter 137
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=DzpNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA465 Chapter 322
  9. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433090742465?urlappend=%3Bseq=43 Chapter 29
  10. News: Nominations Confirmed. 9 February 2017. New York Times. March 7, 1901. 6.
  11. News: McMackin Out, Sherman In Child — Labor Committee Wins Fight — Homeopath for Health Board. 9 February 2017. New York Times. May 4, 1905. 5.
  12. News: Dr. Biggs Health Chief — Nominated for State Commissioner and Quickly Confirmed. 6 February 2017. New York Times. January 20, 1914. 6.
  13. News: Dr. Hermann Biggs Dies of Pneumonia — State Commissioner of Health Stricken at His Camp in Adirondacks — Long Eminent In City — He Introduced Diphtheria Antitoxin in This Country and Was an Authority on Tuberculosis. 8 February 2017. New York Times. June 29, 1923. 17.
  14. News: Dr. Nicoll Health Chief — Governor Smith Appoints Former Associate of Dr. Biggs. 8 February 2017. New York Times. July 13, 1923. 14.
  15. News: Dr. Nicoll Resigns State Health Post — Physician, Just Reappointed, Will Take the Place of Commissioner in Westchester — Will Form a County Unit — Free Hand Has Been Granted to Him to Organize Service — Praised by Governor Roosevelt. 8 February 2017. New York Times. January 12, 1930. 27.
  16. News: Condemns Delaying State Building Bill — Governor Takes Republicans to Task for Holding Up Appropriation Two Months — Eleven Bills Approved — They Include an Addition to Workmen's Compensation Law — Two Measures Are Vetoed. 8 February 2017. New York Times. March 6, 1930. 5.
  17. News: Dr. Parran is Sworn In — He Becomes Surgeon General as Morgenthau Praises Record. 8 February 2017. New York Times. May 7, 1936. 18.
  18. News: Jury-Change Bill Killed at Albany — Proposal for Five-sixths Verdicts in Civil Suits Beaten in Senate After Attack — Injury Measures Lost — Byrn Proposals All Defeated — Godfrey Confirmed as State Health Commissioner. 8 February 2017. New York Times. April 22, 1936. 4.
  19. News: Dr. Godfrey Quits State Health Post — Retiring Commissioner Hails Freedom Given Him by Both Dewey and Lehman. 8 February 2017. New York Times. May 2, 1947. 26.
  20. News: Dr. Hilleboe Begins State Health Task — E.J. Donovan, D.H. Grant Enter Parole Board — MacCormack Assumes Standards Duties. 8 February 2017. New York Times. July 2, 1947. 24.
  21. News: Page 4 of a Summary of the News During Period of the New York Newspaper Strike. 8 February 2017. New York Times. April 1, 1963. 32.
  22. Miscellany — Herman E. Hilleboe, M.D.. Archives of Environmental Health. 1966. 12. 6. 786. 10.1080/00039896.1966.10664482.
  23. News: Carey Tours Two Agencies and Vows To Improve Health-Care Monitoring. 8 February 2017. New York Times. January 3, 1975. 28.
  24. News: Hollis Ingraham, 86, Health Official. 8 February 2017. New York Times. June 2, 1994.
  25. News: Snag Develops in Albany On U.D.C. Fiscal Trouble - New Officials. 8 February 2017. New York Times. April 30, 1975. 41.
  26. News: Whalen Resigns As Health Chief. 8 February 2017. New York Times. December 2, 1978. 27.
  27. News: McNeil, Jr.. Donald G.. 3 Chemical Sites Near Love Canal Possible Hazard. 8 February 2017. New York Times. December 27, 1978. B1.
  28. News: Sack. Kevin. Axelrod Retires From Health Post. 8 February 2017. New York Times. April 18, 1991.
  29. News: Sack. Kevin. Health Commissioner Is in Intensive Care. 8 February 2017. New York Times. February 27, 1991.
  30. News: New York Health Care: Less Money, More Ills, No Chiefs. 8 February 2017. New York Times. June 1, 1991.
  31. News: Health Chief Is Confirmed After Long Delay. 8 February 2017. New York Times. June 10, 1992.
  32. News: Fritsch. Jane. State Regulators Review New York City's Public Hospitals. 8 February 2017. New York Times. March 8, 1995.
  33. News: Fisher. Ian. Health Commissioner Is Leaving. 8 February 2017. New York Times. July 29, 1998.
  34. News: Hernandez. Raymond. U.S. Lets New York Shift Most Poor to Managed Care. 8 February 2017. New York Times. May 27, 1999.
  35. News: Levy. Clifford J.. Albany Notes; A Longer Lobbying Law, But Not a Tougher One — Winning Over The Skeptics. 8 February 2017. New York Times. June 19, 1999.
  36. News: Finn. Robin. New Man in the Hot Seat of State Health Commissioner. 8 February 2017. New York Times. February 2, 2007.
  37. News: Hartocollis. Anemona. Richard F. Daines, 60, Ex-State Health Chief. 8 February 2017. New York Times. March 2, 2011. A23.
  38. Web site: Governor Cuomo Announces Health Commissioner Unanimously Confirmed by New York State Senate. www.governor.ny.gov. Office of the Governor of New York. 9 February 2017. January 24, 2011.
  39. Web site: Press Release — Nirav Shah, MD, Joins Kaiser Permanente — Former New York State Health Commissioner to Lead Southern California Clinical Operations. share.kaiserpermanente.org. Kaiser Permanente. 9 February 2017. May 5, 2014.
  40. Web site: New York State Senate Standing Committee on Health - Preliminary Legislative Highlights 2015 Legislative Session. www.nysenate.gov. New York State Senate. 9 February 2017. July 2015. 6.
  41. Web site: 2020-03-06. At Novel Coronavirus Briefing, Governor Cuomo Confirms 11 Additional Cases - Bringing Statewide Total to 33. 2020-08-07. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. en.
  42. Web site: Rachel . Silberstein . N.Y. health commissioner Mary Bassett to step down . Albany Times Union . December 2, 2023 . February 18, 2023.
  43. Web site: Silberstein . Rachel . New York's health commissioner chose medicine over the pharmacy business . Albany Times-Union . June 16, 2023 . June 21, 2023.

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