(a) The commissioner shall exercise all powers vested in the office. He or she may delegate any function, power, or duty assigned to him or her or to the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to a director of a facility operated by such office or to any other officer or employee of such office, unless otherwise provided by law.

1. (1) The commissioner may enter into agreements with the other commissioners of the department in order to ensure that programs and services are provided for all of the mentally disabled.
2. (2) Upon the request of a state agency, including but not limited to the department of corrections and community supervision, the office of probation and correctional alternatives, and the office of children and family services, the commissioner shall have the power to provide alcoholism, substance abuse, and chemical dependence services either directly or through agreements with local certified or approved providers to persons in the custody or under the jurisdiction of the requesting agency within amounts available and within priorities established through the planning process.
3. (3) The commissioner may coordinate alcoholism, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, substance dependence and chemical dependence related activities in all departments of the state by convening at regular intervals a coordinating committee of representatives of the departments of health, corrections and community supervision, labor, economic development, education, and motor vehicles, and the office of temporary and disability assistance and any other department or agency having an interest therein.
4. (4) The commissioner shall meet on an ongoing basis with the representatives of the New York state conference of local mental hygiene directors to promote coordination and consistency of plans, rules, and regulations governing the planning and financing of the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of alcohol and substance abusers, to promote coordination with the other offices of the department, and to assist local governmental units in fulfilling their responsibilities pursuant to this chapter.

(e) The commissioner shall execute the policies of the state concerning alcoholism and substance abuse services.

1. (1) In furtherance thereof, within the amounts made available by appropriation and with the approval of the division of the budget, the commissioner shall have the authority to make grants or enter into agreements with alcoholism or substance abuse programs, or other appropriate entities. Special emphasis shall be placed on those geographic areas with a high prevalence of alcoholism, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, substance dependence, or chemical dependence.
2. (2) The office shall be the authority, when designated by the governor, to supervise and administer financial or technical assistance as the designee under a state plan or as may be required by federal legislation making such assistance available for programs or activities in alcoholism, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, substance dependence, and chemical dependence, and other areas under its jurisdiction and control.

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1. (1) The office, in cooperation with the department of environmental conservation, shall post on the office website information which includes but is not limited to the required steps and guidelines for any municipality, pharmacy, local law enforcement agency, or community group to conduct a household pharmaceutical collection event.
2. (2) Pursuant to section 27-2703 of the environmental conversation law, as added by chapter six hundred twenty-five of the laws of two thousand eight, the commissioner, in consultation with the department may assist in the development of a public information program on the proper disposal of drugs and drug disposal sites. The office shall disseminate such information by any means deemed appropriate by the commissioner.