Section 464-C. Advisory committee created

1. An advisory committee shall be
  created  to  assist  the  commissioner in carrying out the provisions of
  this article. Such advisory committee shall consist  of  seven  members,
  with  the  commissioner  or  his or her designee serving as chairperson.
  Membership of the committee shall include the following persons or their
  designees:  the  chairperson  of  the  legislative  commission  on   the
  development of rural resources which was created by chapter four hundred
  twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-two; the director of
  the  state  office  of rural affairs; the director of the office for the
  aging; the commissioner of the department of health; the commissioner of
  the division for youth; and the commissioner of  the  office  of  mental
  health.  The  chairperson  of  the  advisory  committee  may  invite the
  commissioner or director, or his or her designee,  of  any  other  state
  agency  or  department,  or  any  other rural human services provider or
  consumer, to serve  as  an  ex-officio  member  of  the  committee.  The
  commissioner  shall  take actions to promote the efficient and effective
  operation of the advisory committee.
    2. The advisory committee shall:
    a. Review  and  recommend  to  the  commissioner  guidelines  for  the
  operation of the rural human services networking program;
    b.  Recommend  any  changes  in  statutes  or regulations necessary to
  accomplish the purposes of this article;
    c. Assist  the  department  in  the  evaluation  of  individual  pilot
  projects and of the rural human services networking program; and
    d.  Assist  in  the  development  of  interim  and  final  reports, in
  accordance with section four hundred sixty-four-e of this article.
    e. Assist the commissioner in determining those rural areas to receive
  priority consideration in selecting pilot  project  sites,  pursuant  to
  subdivision four of section four hundred sixty-four-d of this article.