N.Y. PBH Law § 2797
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Tick-borne disease institute
Official statutory text
§ 2797. Tick-borne disease institute. 1. There is hereby established\nwithin the department the tick-borne disease institute. The institute\nshall have responsibility for administering the provisions of this\narticle and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect to\nlyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.\n 2. The commissioner shall appoint a director to the institute and may\nassign such personnel within the amounts appropriated as is necessary to\ncarry out the provisions of this article.\n
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