The NYS Senate has announced committee assignments for the 2003 session. The following senators will serve on the Health Committee: Kemp Hannon (Chair, R-Garden City), Hugh T. Farley (R-Schenectady), Thomas W. Libous (R-Binghamton), John A. DeFrancisco (R-Onondaga County), William J. Larkin, Jr. (R-Orange, Ulster Counties), George Maziarz (R-Orleans, Monroe, Niagara Counties), Charles J. Fuschillo (R-Merrick), Mary Lou Rath (R-Williamsville), Olga Mendez (R-NYC), Nicholas A. Spano (R-Yonkers), John L. Sampson (Ranking Minority Member, D-Brooklyn), Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn), Suzi Oppenheimer (D-Mamaroneck), George Onorato (D-Long Island City), Thomas K. Duane (D-NYC), and Carl Andrews (D-Brooklyn). Several new committee chairs were appointed, including Finance Committee Chair Owen Johnson (R-West Babylon) and Aging Committee Chair Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn). Senator James Seward (R-Milford) remains Chair of the Insurance Committee, and Senator Thomas Libous (R-Binghamton) remains Chair of the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.