Section 32.37. Registration and notification of boards of directors or trustees of certain voluntary not-for-profit facilities or corporations

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the  executive
  director,  chairperson  or  president  of  a  voluntary,  not-for-profit
  corporation which has been issued an operating  certificate  by  or  has
  received  funding  from  the  office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse
  services shall furnish annually to the commissioner  of  such  office  a
  list  of  the names and addresses of the current members of the board of
  directors or trustees of  such  corporation.  Failure  to  furnish  such
  annual   list   may  remove  such  corporation  from  consideration  for
  recertification or refunding.
    (b) In the event that such provider of services  is  found  to  be  in
  violation  of the provisions of this chapter or of rules and regulations
  promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to  this  chapter  which  could
  result  in the revocation, cancellation, limitation or suspension of the
  operating certificate of such provider of services and if notice of such
  violation is provided to the  provider  of  services  pursuant  to  such
  regulations,  a  copy  of  such  notice shall be provided to each of the
  current members of the board of directors or trustees of  such  provider
  of services by the commissioner.
    (c)   Within  available  appropriations,  within  the  first  year  of
  appointment of a member to  a  board  of  directors  of  a  provider  of
  services  which  has  been  issued  an  operating  certificate by or has
  received funding from the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
  services,  the  commissioner  shall  ensure  that  each  new  member  is
  appropriately provided with information, which may include training,  to
  carry  out  his  or her role as a member of a board of directors of such
  provider of services pursuant to article  seven  of  the  not-for-profit
  corporation law and applicable laws, rules and regulations governing the
  operation  of  chemical  dependence services. Training shall be provided
  for  all  new  members  of  organizations  established  to  provide   or
  facilitate   the   provision   of   chemical   dependence  services,  as
  appropriate, upon initial appointment and as  frequently  thereafter  as
  determined by the commissioner.