(a) review all applications for grants authorized pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred fourteen of the public health law and advise the commissioner of health concerning their appropriateness;
(b) review all proposals submitted by applicants funded pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred fourteen of the public health law to operate a health network containing a reimbursement component, global budget, or a health care demonstration;
(c) make recommendations to the commissioner of health for authorization of such proposals;
(d) make recommendations to the governor and the legislature concerning the waiver, modification or suspension of the requirements of any provisions of law or regulation to effectuate any global budget, or health care demonstration approved pursuant to this chapter and other changes in the health care delivery system; and
(e) make recommendations to the governor and legislature to promote the conversion or retraining of hospital employees to other health care occupations, as may be necessary, as a result of demonstrations proposed in this chapter. 6. Any proposal to operate a health network, global budget, or a health care demonstration not recommended for approval by the board pursuant to this chapter shall not be authorized to operate by the commissioner of health. * NB Expired June 30, 1996