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Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
13.01 - Declaration of Policy. - The state of New York and its local governments have...
13.03 - Definitions. - As used in this title: 1. "office" means the office...
13.05 - Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council. - (a) There is hereby established a developmental disabilities advisory council....
13.06 - Annual Plan. - The commissioner shall submit an annual plan to the director...
13.07 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities; Scope of Responsibilities. - (a) The office for people with developmental disabilities shall assure...
13.09 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner; How Exercised. - (a) The commissioner shall exercise all powers vested in the...
13.11 - Organization and Administration of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities and Its Facilities. - (a) The commissioner shall have the professional jurisdiction, supervision, and...
13.13 - Local Services. - Local services for persons with developmental disabilities shall be planned,...
13.15 - Programs of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordinate, evaluate,...
13.16 - Fiscal Year Report. - (a) Every provider of service furnishing services to persons defined...
13.17 - Programs, Services, and Operations in the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The commissioner shall establish policy and procedures for the...
13.19 - Personnel of the Office; Regulations. - (a) The commissioner may, within the amounts appropriated therefor, appoint...
13.21 - Directors of State Operations Offices and Developmental Disabilities Regional Offices in the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The directors of both the state operations offices and...
13.23 - Education and Training Programs. - (a) The commissioner shall have the power to establish such...
13.24 - Sheltered Workshops, Work Activity and Day Training Services. - 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall...
13.25 - Safety. - (a) The commissioner and the directors of facilities under his...
13.27 - Facility Services. - (a) Chapels. The commissioner may permit any religious or missionary...
13.29 - Gifts. - (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the state and if...
13.31 - Disposition of Moneys and Securities. - (a) The commissioner, or the officer or employee of the...
13.33 - Boards of Visitors. - (a) Each state operations office under the jurisdiction of the...
13.34 - On-Site Client Advocacy in Developmental Centers. - 1. There shall be at each developmental center facility listed...
13.35 - Actions Against Persons Rendering Professional Services at the Request of the Office; Defense and Indemnification. - request of the office; defense and indemnification. The provisions of...
13.37 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner in Relation to the Planning and Referral of Children With Developmental Disabilities for Adult Services. - (a) As used in this section: 1. "report" means a...
13.37-A - Transitional Care. - (a) For purposes of this section, "transitional care" shall mean...
13.38 - Additional Duties of the Office With Respect to Persons Receiving Transitional Care. - (a) The office shall, in consultation with the department of...
13.39 - Registration and Notification of Boards of Directors or Trustees of Certain Voluntary Not-for-Profit Facilities or Corporations. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, the executive...
13.40 - People First Waiver Program. - (a) The commissioner and the commissioner of health shall jointly...
13.41 - Integrated Employment Plan. - (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the developmental disabilities advisory...
13.41*2 - Retaliatory Personnel Actions. - Employees of facilities, programs and providers operated, licensed, certified, authorized...
13.42 - Autism Spectrum Disorders Advisory Board. - (a) There is hereby established within the office the autism...
13.43 - First Responder Training. - (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health,...
13.43*2 - Disabilities Identification Card. - (a) The commissioner shall develop an identification card denoting that...
Article 15 - Admission of People With Developmental Disabilities to Schools
15.01 - Definitions. - As used in this article: "in need of care and...
15.03 - Admission to a School. - Unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute, a person with...
15.05 - Examining Physician or Psychologist and Medical Certificate. - (a) A person is disqualified from acting as an examining...
15.07 - Notice to All Residents of Their Rights and of the Availability of the Mental Hygiene Legal Service. - (a) Immediately upon the admission of any resident to a...
15.09 - Notices to Mental Hygiene Legal Service Concerning Minors. - When any person under the age of eighteen years is...
15.11 - Records of Residents. - The director of a school shall within five days, excluding...
15.13 - Voluntary Admissions. - (a) The director of any school may receive as a...
15.15 - Voluntary Admissions; Suitability. - (a) In order for a person to be suitable for...
15.17 - Voluntary Admissions; Notices. - The director shall cause all residents admitted on their own...
15.19 - Voluntary Admissions; Encouragement Of. - (a) It shall be the duty of all state and...
15.21 - Voluntary Admissions; Conversion To. - (a) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to...
15.23 - Voluntary Admissions; Review of Status. - (a) No voluntary resident, whether admitted on such status or...
15.25 - Admission and Retention of Certain Non-Objecting Residents. - (a) The director of any school may receive and retain...
15.27 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification. - (a) The commissioner may receive and retain in a school,...
15.29 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification; Notice of Admission to Residents and Others. - (a) The director shall cause written notice of a person's...
15.31 - Involuntary Admission on Medical Certification; Resident's Right to a Hearing. - (a) If, at any time prior to the expiration of...
15.33 - Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Resident. - (a) If the director shall determine that a resident admitted...
15.35 - Review of Court Authorization to Retain an Involuntary Resident. - If a person who has been denied release or whose...
15.37 - Transfer of Juvenile Delinquents. - (a) The commissioner shall receive and arrange for the admission...
Article 16 - Regulation and Quality of Services
16.00 - Regulation and Quality Control of Services for Individuals With Developmental Disabilties. - developmental disabilities. This article sets forth provisions enabling the commissioner...
16.01 - Evaluation of Services for Persons With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) The commissioner shall ensure that all services provided under...
16.03 - Operating Certificate Required. - (a) No provider of services shall engage in any of...
16.05 - Issuance of Operating Certificates. - (a)(1) Application for an operating certificate shall be made upon...
16.09 - Approval of New Construction. - (a) As used or referred to in this section, unless...
16.11 - Oversight of Facilities and Services. - (1) The review of facilities issued an operating certificate pursuant...
16.13 - Duties of Providers of Services. - (a) Complying with the applicable provisions of this chapter, other...
16.17 - Suspension, Revocation, or Limitation of an Operating Certificate. - (a) The commissioner may revoke, suspend, or limit an operating...
16.19 - Confinement, Care and Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) No individual who is or appears to have a...
16.21 - Injunctions. - (a) The supreme court may, on application of the commissioner,...
16.23 - Family Care Homes. - (a) Family care homes shall be subject to visitation and...
16.25 - Temporary Operator. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Established operator"...
16.27 - Residential Facilities; Receivership. - (a) The operator of any facility may at any time...
16.29 - Abuse, Neglect, and Significant Incidents Involving Vulnerable Persons. - (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the executive director of...
16.31 - Monthly Personal Allowances. - (a) All persons residing in facilities for which an operating...
16.32 - Improper Expenditure of Moneys. - (a) No provider of services certified pursuant to this article...
16.33 - Review of Criminal History Information Concerning Certain Prospective Employees. - (a) Every provider of services who contracts with or is...
16.34 - Certain Information Regarding Persons Working With People With Developmental Disabilities. - (a) Upon a request to the justice center for criminal...
16.35 - Developmental Disabilities Services Quality Improvement Demonstration Program. - (a) For purposes of this section "facility" means any not-for-profit...
16.37 - Autism Spectrum Disorder Booklet; First Responders. - The commissioner, in consultation with other appropriate agency representatives, shall...