Section 2797 - Tick-borne disease institute1. There is hereby established within the department the tick-borne disease institute. The institute shall have responsibility for administering the provisions of this article and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect to lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.2. The commissioner shall appoint a director to the institute and may assign such personnel within the amounts appropriated as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2797