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NY State Senate Bill S4276
senate Bill S4276
Makes technical corrections to references to the office for people with developmental disabilities
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substituted for a6174
Mar 25, 2019 referred to mental health
Mar 18, 2019 1st report cal.299
Mar 07, 2019 committee discharged and committed to mental health and developmental disabilities
Mar 06, 2019 referred to elections
S4276 (ACTIVE) - Details
Amd Various Laws
S5991, A7490
S4276 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Corrects various laws to ensure that the office for people with developmental disabilities is no longer referred to as the office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
S4276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4276
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the election law, the executive law,
the state finance law, the transportation law, the public authorities
law, the public health law, the public lands law, the education law, the
social services law, the cooperative corporations law, the elder law,
the correction law, the criminal procedure law, the family court act,
the facilities development corporation act, the medical care facilities
finance agency act and the administrative code of the city of New York,
in relation to making technical corrections to references to the office
This legislation changes in statute the Office of Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities to the Office for People with Developmental
Amends various sections of law to change the Office of Mental Retarda-
tion and Developmental Disabilities to the Office for People with Devel-
Chapter 168 of the laws of 2010 changed the name of The Office of Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) to the Office for
People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). However, this chapter
only changed references to OMRDD in Mental Hygiene Law.  There are still
numerous references to OMRDD in other consolidated laws. The goal of the
name change from OMRDD to OPWDD was to put focus on the person, as
opposed to their disability. As such, corresponding changes should be
made in all of New York State laws.
2017-18: A7490A Passed Assembly/S5991A Committed to Rules
This act shall take effect immediately; provided however: a. the amend-
ments to clause (c) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of
section 4402 of the education law made by section thirty-six of this act
shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such clause as provided
by subdivision d of section 27 of chapter 378 of the laws of 2007, as
amended, when upon such date the provisions of section thirty-seven of
this act shall take effect; b.  the amendments to paragraph (1) of
subdivision 1 of section 364-j of the social services law made by
section forty-six of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
section and shall be deemed repealed there-with; and c. section sixty-
six of this act shall take effect on the same date as the reversion of
subdivision (a) of section 249 of the family court act as provided in
section 8 of chapter 29 of the laws of 2011, as amended.
S4276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
AN ACT to amend the election law, the executive law, the  state  finance
law,  the  transportation  law, the public authorities law, the public
health law, the public  lands  law,  the  education  law,  the  social
services  law,  the  cooperative  corporations law, the elder law, the
correction law, the criminal procedure law, the family court act,  the
facilities  development  corporation  act, the medical care facilities
finance agency act and the administrative code  of  the  city  of  New
York, in relation to making technical corrections to references to the
as amended by chapter 265 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
office  of  children  and  family  services, the office of temporary and
disability assistance and the department of health. Also  designated  as
public  assistance  agencies  are  all agencies of local government that
provide such assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies  that  provide
ities  are  the  department  of labor, office for the aging, division of
veterans' affairs, office of mental health,  office  of  vocational  and
educational  services  for  individuals with disabilities, commission on
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and] FOR PEOPLE WITH  developmental  disabilities,  commission  for  the
blind,  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the office of
established or funded by such agencies. Additional state agencies desig-
nated as voter registration offices are the department of state and  the
division  of  workers'  compensation. Such agencies shall be required to
services,  renewal or recertification for services and change of address
relating to such services. Such agencies shall also be  responsible  for
providing  assistance  to  applicants  in  completing voter registration
forms, receiving and transmitting the completed  application  form  from
all applicants who wish to have such form transmitted to the appropriate
board  of  elections.  The state board of elections shall, together with
representatives of the department  of  defense,  develop  and  implement
procedures  for including recruitment offices of the armed forces of the
United States as voter registration offices when  such  offices  are  so
designated  by  federal  law. The state board shall also make request of
the United States Immigration  and  Naturalization  Service  to  include
applications for registration by mail with any materials which are given
to  new  citizens.  All institutions of the state university of New York
and the city university of New York, shall,  at  the  beginning  of  the
school  year,  and  again in January of a year in which the president of
the United States is to be elected, provide an application for registra-
tion to each student in  each  such  institution.  The  state  board  of
elections  may,  by  regulation,  grant  a waiver from any or all of the
requirements of this section to any office or program of an  agency,  if
it  determines  that  it  is  not feasible for such office or program to
administer such requirement.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 548-e of the executive law, as added  by
chapter 657 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
1. Establishment. A neighborhood based initiatives oversight committee
shall  be established to oversee the implementation of the provisions of
this article and shall consist of representatives of the following agen-
cies or their designees, with the commissioner of the department or  his
or her designee serving as chairperson: the state advocate for the disa-
bled;  the  director  of  the  office for the aging; the director of the
division of alcoholism and alcohol abuse; the executive director of  the
council  on children and families; the chancellor of the city university
of New York; the executive director of  the  developmental  disabilities
action planning council; the director of the budget; the commissioner of
economic development; the commissioner of education; the commissioner of
health;  the  commissioner of housing and community renewal; the commis-
sioner of labor; the commissioner of mental health; the commissioner  of
[mental  retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disa-
bilities; the commissioner of parks, recreation and  historic  preserva-
tion;  the  chancellor of the state university of New York; the director
of the division of substance abuse services; the director of  the  divi-
sion  for youth; the director of the division for women; and the depart-
ment of audit and control.
§ 3. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 702  of  the  executive  law,  as
added  by  chapter  551  of  the  laws  of  2002, are amended to read as
1. The most integrated setting coordinating council is hereby  created
within  the  executive  department  to  have and exercise the functions,
powers and duties provided by the provisions of  this  article  and  any
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other  provision  of  law. The council shall be comprised of the commis-
sioners of: the department of health, the office [of mental  retardation
and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH developmental disabilities, the office of mental
health,  the  department  of  transportation, the office of children and
family services, the office of alcohol and substance abuse services, the
department of education, and  the  division  of  housing  and  community
renewal.  In  addition, the council shall consist of the director of the
office for the aging, a representative from the office of  the  advocate
for  persons  with disabilities, a representative from the commission on
quality of care for the mentally disabled, three consumers  of  services
for  individuals with disabilities, one to be appointed by the governor,
one to be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, and one to
be appointed by the speaker of  the  assembly,  three  individuals  with
expertise in the field of community services for people of all ages with
disabilities,  one  to be appointed by the governor, one to be appointed
by the temporary president of the senate, and one to be appointed by the
speaker of the assembly, and three  individuals  with  expertise  in  or
recipients  of  services available to senior citizens with disabilities,
one to be appointed by the governor, one to be appointed by  the  tempo-
rary  president of the senate, and one to be appointed by the speaker of
2. The commissioners of the department of health, the office of mental
health, the office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH  develop-
mental  disabilities, and the director of the office for the aging shall
rotate as chairperson of the council on a quarterly basis.
§ 4. Section 179-aa of the state finance law, as  amended  by  chapter
292 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§  179-aa.  Advisory committee. There is hereby established a not-for-
profit contracting advisory  committee.  The  advisory  committee  shall
consist  of sixteen members which shall include eight appointed members,
four to be appointed by the governor who  shall  be  representatives  of
not-for-profit  organizations  providing  services in the state, and two
each to be appointed by the governor upon recommendation of  the  tempo-
rary  president  of the senate and speaker of the assembly, and eight ex
officio members of the committee, one each designated from the  division
of  the  budget,  the  department  of law, the office of the state comp-
troller, and the education department. The governor shall also designate
four members from among the following agencies: the department of state,
the office of children and family services, the office of temporary  and
disability  assistance,  the  department of health, the office of mental
hygiene, the office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH develop-
mental disabilities, and the department of labor.   The  governor  shall
designate  an appointee to serve as chair of the committee. The advisory
committee shall meet at least quarterly and upon its own initiative may:
comment and report on the implementation and operation of  the  not-for-
profit  short-term revolving loan fund; advise the governor, comptroller
and state agencies on the implementation and operation of this  article;
evaluate  the  benefits  of requiring all state agencies to use standard
contract language and the extent  to  which  standard  language  may  be
effectively  included  in  contracts  with not-for-profit organizations;
review annually the report of the office of the state  comptroller  made
pursuant  to  section  one  hundred seventy-nine-bb of this article; and
propose any legislation they deem necessary to improve the fund and this
article. The committee shall report to the governor and the  legislature
with  recommendations  on improving the contracting procedures with not-
for-profit organizations which receive state funds through the  interme-
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diary  of municipalities.   Such reports shall be due annually not later
than December first.
§  5.  Subdivision  1  of  section  73-d of the transportation law, as
amended by chapter 562 of the laws  of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
1. There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "interagency
coordinating  committee on rural public transportation", to be comprised
of nineteen members. The commissioner or his or her designee shall serve
as chairperson. Twelve of such members shall be the following or his  or
her  duly  designated representative: the director of the office for the
aging; the commissioner of education; the  commissioner  of  labor;  the
commissioner of health; the commissioner of the office of mental health;
the  commissioner  of  the office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE
WITH developmental disabilities; the commissioner  of  social  services;
state  advocate  for  the  disabled; secretary of state; commissioner of
agriculture and markets; the director of the office of rural affairs and
the director of the division for youth. Six additional members,  all  of
whom  shall  be transportation providers or consumers representing rural
counties shall be appointed to serve a term of three years  as  follows:
two  by  the  president pro-tempore of the senate, two by the speaker of
the assembly, one by the minority leader of the senate, and one  by  the
minority  leader  of  the  assembly.  Efforts shall be made to provide a
broad  representation  of  consumers  and  providers  of  transportation
services  in  rural  counties when making such appointments.  Members of
the committee shall receive no salary.
The commissioner shall cause the department to provide  staff  assist-
ance  necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the commit-
§ 6. The undesignated paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision  2  of
section  1676  of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 281 of
The Devereux Foundation for the financing, construction and  equipping
of  facilities subject to the approval of the commissioner of education,
the commissioner of social services and the commissioner of  the  office
for a residential and educational program for children with handicapping
conditions, as such term  is  defined  in  subdivision  one  of  section
forty-four  hundred one of the education law, including, but not limited
to, those students who were publicly placed  at  the  Rhinebeck  Country
School  during the nineteen hundred eighty-six--eighty-seven school year
and in furtherance of the state's overall goal of reducing the number of
children with handicapping conditions requiring out-of-state placements:
nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize The Devereux Foun-
dation to apply any funds or credit obtained pursuant  to  this  section
toward  the  financing,  construction  or equipping of facilities on any
other property or properties it presently owns or controls  or  owns  or
controls in the future.
§  7.  The undesignated paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of
section 1676 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 299 of
Not-for-profit members of InterAgency Council of  [Mental  Retardation
and]  Developmental  Disabilities  Agencies,  Inc., for the acquisition,
administrative,  clinical,  day program and residential facilities to be
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§ 8. The undesignated paragraph of subdivision 1 of  section  1680  of
the public authorities law, as added by chapter 281 of the laws of 1988,
The  Devereux Foundation for the financing, construction and equipping
of facilities subject to the approval of the commissioner of  education,
the  commissioner  of social services and the commissioner of the office
conditions,  as  such  term  is  defined  in  subdivision one of section
forty-four hundred one of the education law, including, but not  limited
to,  those  students  who  were publicly placed at the Rhinebeck Country
School during the nineteen hundred eighty-six--eighty-seven school  year
and  in  the  furtherance  of  the  state's overall goal of reducing the
number of children with handicapping conditions  requiring  out-of-state
placements:  nothing  in  the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize The
Devereux Foundation to apply any funds or credits obtained  pursuant  to
this  section toward the financing, construction or equipping of facili-
ties on any other property or properties it presently owns  or  controls
or owns or controls in the future.
§  9.  The  undesignated paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1680 of
the public authorities law, as added by chapter 343 of the laws of 1992,
Ferncliff Manor as a not-for-profit residential school  serving  chil-
dren who are severely mentally disabled and medically involved, who will
also  on  a  not-for-profit basis operate an intermediate care facility,
for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation
and development of five twelve bed dormitories in Westchester County for
such children, subject to the approval of the  commissioners  of  educa-
tion,  social  services,  and  [mental  retardation  and] THE OFFICE FOR
PEOPLE WITH developmental  disabilities,  and  subject  further  to  the
approval  of  the  director of the budget as to project need and project
cost. Except to the extent otherwise prohibited by law, Ferncliff  Manor
shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the authori-
ty, together with any pledge of its own assets and other income, any and
all  public  funds  to  be  apportioned or otherwise made payable by the
state, a political subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the
general municipal law, or any social services district in the  state  in
an  amount  sufficient to make all payments required to be made by Fern-
cliff Manor pursuant to any lease, sublease or other  agreement  entered
into  between  Ferncliff  Manor  and  the authority. All state and local
officers are hereby authorized and required to pay  all  such  funds  so
assigned  and  pledged  to  the  authority  or upon the direction of the
authority, to any trustee of any authority bond or note issued  pursuant
to  a  certificate  filed  with  any  such state or local officer by the
authority pursuant to the provisions of this section.  No  agreement  or
lease  by  Ferncliff  Manor  shall  be  effective unless and until it is
approved by or on behalf  of  the  commissioners  of  education,  social
services, and [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH devel-
opmental disabilities, and subject further to the approval of the direc-
tor of the budget as to project need and project cost.
§  10.  The undesignated paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 1680 of
the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 780  of  the  laws  of
The  Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated), Yonkers, New York
or otherwise for (1) a new school building for the junior high and  high
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school vocational programs including a field house; (2) a new children's
cottage  and  renovation and reconstruction of eight existing children's
cottages to provide more efficient heating  and  cooling  systems,  more
secure  supervision  and  to increase the number of beds; (3) renovation
and reconstruction of the main building to provide  new  electrical  and
plumbing  systems  and  internal  rehabilitation; and (4) renovation and
reconstruction of the old school building for multiple use;  subject  to
the  approval  of  the  commissioners  of education, social services and
[mental retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental  disa-
bilities,  and  subject  further  to the approval of the director of the
budget including as to project need and  project  cost.  Notwithstanding
any  other provision of law, The Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incor-
porated) shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the
authority, together with any other assets so pledged, any and all  prop-
erty  rights  to, and property interests in, any and all public funds to
be apportioned or otherwise made  payable  by  the  state,  a  political
law, or any social services district in the state in  an  amount  suffi-
cient  to  make  all payments required to be made by The Leake and Watts
Children's Home (Incorporated) pursuant to any lease, sublease or  other
agreement  entered  into  between  The  Leake  and Watts Children's Home
(Incorporated) and the authority. All state and local officers are here-
by authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged
to the authority or upon the direction of the authority, to any  trustee
of  any  authority  bond  or note issued pursuant to a certificate filed
with any such state or local officer by the authority  pursuant  to  the
provisions of this section. No lease, sublease or other agreement by The
Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated) shall be effective unless
and  until it is approved by or on behalf of the commissioners of educa-
tion, social services and [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE
WITH developmental disabilities and subject further to the  approval  of
the  director  of  the  budget  including as to project need and project
§ 11. The undesignated paragraph of subdivision 1 of section  1680  of
the  public  authorities  law, as amended by section 6 of chapter 299 of
located in the state of New York. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not-for-profit members of the InterAgency Council of [Mental Retar-
dation and] Developmental Disabilities Agencies, Inc.  shall  have  full
power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority, any
and  all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the
United States, any agency thereof, the  state,  any  agency  thereof,  a
political  subdivision, as defined in section one hundred of the general
municipal law, any social services district in the state  or  any  other
authority. All state  and  local  officers  are  hereby  authorized  and
required  to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory
authority or, upon the direction of  the  dormitory  authority,  to  any
trustee  of  any  dormitory authority bond or note issued, pursuant to a
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certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the  dormitory
§  12.  Subdivision 3 of section 2879-a of the public authorities law,
as added by chapter 506 of the laws of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
3. This section shall not apply to: (a) contracts entered into for the
issuance   of  commercial  paper  or  bonded  indebtedness,  other  than
contracts with the state providing  for  the  payment  of  debt  service
subject  to  an  appropriation;  (b) contracts entered into by an entity
established under article [ten-c] TEN-C of [the public authorities  law]
THIS  CHAPTER  that  are for: (i) projects approved by the department of
health or the public health council in accordance with articles  twenty-
eight,  thirty-six or forty of the public health law or article seven of
the social services law; (ii) projects approved by the office of  mental
health,  the office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH develop-
mental disabilities, or the office of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse
services  in accordance with articles sixteen, thirty-one, or thirty-two
of the  mental  hygiene  law;  (iii)  services,  affiliations  or  joint
ventures  for the provision or administration of health care services or
scientific research; (iv) payment for direct  health  care  services  or
goods  used  in  the  provision  of health care services; or (v) partic-
ipation in group purchasing arrangements; (c) contracts entered into for
the procurement of goods, services or both goods and  services  made  to
meet  emergencies arising from unforeseen causes or to effect repairs to
critical infrastructure that are necessary  to  avoid  a  delay  in  the
delivery  of critical services that could compromise the public welfare;
(d) contracts of purchase or sale of energy,  electricity  or  ancillary
services  made  by  an  authority  on  a  recognized  market  for goods,
services, or commodities in question in accordance with  standard  terms
and  conditions of purchase or sale at a market price; (e) contracts for
the purchase, sale or delivery of  power  or  energy,  fuel,  costs  and
services  ancillary thereto, or financial products related thereto, with
a term of less than five years; and (f) contracts for the sale or deliv-
ery of power or energy and costs  and  services  ancillary  thereto  for
economic  development  purposes pursuant to title one of article five of
this chapter or article six of the economic development  law,  provided,
however,  that the authority shall file copies of any such contract with
the comptroller within sixty days after the execution of such contract.
§ 13. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 32 of  the  public  health  law,
subdivision  2  as added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2006 and subdivi-
sion 3 as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of  2007,  are  amended  to
2. to conduct and supervise activities to prevent, detect and investi-
gate  medical  assistance program fraud and abuse amongst the following:
the department; the offices of mental health,  [mental  retardation  and
developmental  disabilities,]  alcoholism  and substance abuse services,
temporary disability assistance, and children and  family  services  AND
THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES;
3.  to  coordinate,  to  the  greatest  extent possible, activities to
prevent, detect and investigate medical  assistance  program  fraud  and
abuse  amongst  the  following:  the  department;  the offices of mental
health, [mental retardation and developmental disabilities,]  alcoholism
and substance abuse services, temporary disability assistance, and chil-
dren  and  family  services AND THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES; the commission on quality of care and advocacy for persons
with  disabilities;  the  department  of  education;  the  fiscal  agent
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employed  to  operate  the  medical  assistance  information and payment
system; local governments and entities; and to work in a coordinated and
cooperative manner with, to the greatest  extent  possible,  the  deputy
attorney  general  for  Medicaid  fraud  control;  the welfare inspector
general, federal prosecutors, district attorneys within the  state,  the
special  investigative  unit maintained by each health insurer operating
§ 14. Section 34 of the public health law, as added by chapter 442  of
§  34. Transfer of employees. Upon the transfer of the medical assist-
ance program audit and fraud and abuse  prevention  functions  from  the
department  and  the  offices  of mental health, [mental retardation and
developmental disabilities,] alcoholism and  substance  abuse  services,
temporary  disability  assistance,  and children and family services AND
THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  to  the  office
within  the  department  pursuant  to  section thirty-one of this title,
provision shall be made for  the  transfer  of  necessary  officers  and
employees  who are substantially engaged in the performance of the func-
tion to be transferred, and any  documents  and  records  necessary  and
related  to the transfer of such functions. The heads of the departments
or agencies from which such  function  is  to  be  transferred  and  the
inspector  shall  confer to determine the officers and employees who are
substantially engaged in the medical assistance program audit and  fraud
and  abuse  prevention  function  to  be transferred. In accordance with
subdivision two of section seventy of the civil  service  law,  officers
and  employees so transferred shall be transferred without further exam-
ination or qualification to the same or similar titles and shall  remain
in the same collective bargaining unit and shall retain their respective
civil  service  classification,  status  and  rights  pursuant  to their
collective  bargaining  unit  and   collective   bargaining   agreement.
Notwithstanding  the  office's regional operations, all office employees
shall be co-located, to the greatest extent practicable.  The  inspector
shall  have  sole  responsibility  for  establishing methods of adminis-
tration for the office.
§ 15. Subdivision 2 of section 2004-a of the  public  health  law,  as
added  by  section  24  of  part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, is
2. The council shall be comprised of twenty-one  members  as  follows:
the  commissioner  of  health,  the director of the state office for the
aging, the commissioner of children and family services, the commission-
er of education, the commissioner of mental health and the  commissioner
of  [mental  retardation  and]  THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental
disabilities who shall serve ex officio and who may designate  represen-
tatives  to act on their behalf.  The governor shall appoint seven other
members with expertise in Alzheimer's disease, other dementia  or  elder
care  issues, at least two of whom shall represent not-for-profit corpo-
rations whose primary purpose is to provide access  to  experts  in  the
care  of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, that are
part of a statewide network of not-for-profit  corporations  established
specifically  to respond at the local and regional level to the needs of
this population and that provide family intervention services related to
Alzheimer's disease in order to postpone or prevent nursing home  place-
ments  of  individuals with Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. Eight
members shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of  the
legislative  leaders  as  follows: the temporary president of the senate
and the speaker of the assembly shall each recommend  three  members  to
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the council. One of the three members recommended by the temporary pres-
ident and one of the three members recommended by the speaker shall be a
clinical  or  research  expert  in  the field of dementia and one of the
three members appointed by each shall be a family member or caregiver of
a  person  suffering  from  Alzheimer's  disease  or other dementia. One
member shall be appointed on the recommendation of the  minority  leader
of the senate and one member shall be appointed on the recommendation of
the  minority leader of the assembly. The commissioner of health and the
director of the office  for  the  aging  shall  serve,  ex  officio,  as
co-chairs  of  the council. Administrative duties shall be the responsi-
bility of the department. The members of the council  shall  receive  no
§  16.  Subdivision  17  of  section 2541 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 428 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
17. "State early intervention service agencies" means the  departments
of  health,  education  and  social  services  and the offices of mental
health[, mental retardation and developmental disabilities] and  [office
of]  alcoholism  and  substance abuse services AND THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE
§ 17. Subdivision 4 of section 2559 of the public health law, as added
by section 8 of part B-3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003,  is  amended
4.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law, the commissioner,
pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the commissioner  of  the
bilities, shall develop and submit a medicaid home and  community  based
services  waiver,  pursuant to section 1915c of the social security act,
for the purpose of creating a waiver  program  to  provide  and  finance
services for children who qualify for the early intervention program. In
further  establishing eligibility criteria under the waiver program, the
commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner  of  the  office  [of
mental  retardation  and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH developmental disabilities,
shall establish health, developmental and psycho-social  criteria  which
shall  permit  the  broadest eligibility based on criteria for the early
intervention program and federal standards for participation in a waiver
program. The waiver application shall be submitted pursuant  to  section
1915c  of the social security act no later than January first, two thou-
sand four.
§ 18. Section 2740 of the public health law, as added by  chapter  196
§ 2740. Traumatic brain injury program.  The department shall have the
central  responsibility for administering the provisions of this article
and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect to traumat-
ic brain injury, in consultation with the office [of mental  retardation
health, the department  of  education,  the  office  of  alcoholism  and
substance  abuse services, the department of social services, the office
of the advocate for the disabled and the commission on quality  of  care
§ 19. Subdivision 1 of section 2744 of the public health law, as added
by chapter 196 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
1.  The traumatic brain injury services coordinating council is hereby
established and shall consist of the following persons or  their  desig-
nees: the commissioner, the commissioner of [mental retardation and] THE
OFFICE  FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities, the office of mental
health, the commissioner of education, the  commissioner  of  alcoholism
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and  substance  abuse services, the commissioner of social services, the
state advocate for the disabled and the commission on  quality  of  care
for the mentally disabled. In addition, the council shall consist of the
following persons: five persons appointed by the governor, three of whom
shall  be  persons  with traumatic brain injury and two of whom shall be
representative of the public  and  have  a  demonstrated  expertise  and
interest  in traumatic brain injury; two persons appointed by the tempo-
rary president of the senate, one of whom shall be a person  with  trau-
matic brain injury and one of whom shall be representative of the public
and  have a demonstrated expertise and interest in traumatic brain inju-
ry; two persons appointed by the speaker of the assembly,  one  of  whom
shall  be  a person with traumatic brain injury and one of whom shall be
interest in traumatic brain injury, one person appointed by the minority
leader  of  the senate who shall be a person with traumatic brain injury
or be representative of the public and have a demonstrated expertise and
interest in traumatic brain injury; and  one  person  appointed  by  the
minority  leader  of  the  assembly who shall be a person with traumatic
brain injury or be representative of the public and have a  demonstrated
expertise  and  interest  in traumatic brain injury. Of the five persons
appointed by the governor, three shall serve for a term of one year, one
shall serve for a term of two years and one shall serve for  a  term  of
three  years. Of the two persons appointed by the temporary president of
for  a  term of three years. Of the two persons appointed by the speaker
of the assembly, one shall serve for a term of two years and  one  shall
serve  for  a  term of three years. The person appointed by the minority
leader of the senate and the person appointed by the minority leader  of
the assembly shall serve for a term of one year. Subsequent appointments
for  vacancies shall be for a term of three years and shall be filled in
§ 20. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2-a of section
2807 of the public health law, as amended by section 15  of  part  C  of
(ii) Notwithstanding this subdivision and any other contrary provision
of  law, the commissioner may incorporate within the payment methodology
described in subparagraph (i) of this  paragraph  payment  for  services
provided  by  facilities  pursuant to licensure under the mental hygiene
law, provided, however, that such APG payment methodology may be  phased
into effect in accordance with a schedule or schedules as jointly deter-
mined  by  the  commissioner,  the  commissioner  of  mental health, the
commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and the commis-
sioner of [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE  WITH  develop-
§  21.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2807-d of the public
health law, as added by section 193 of part A of chapter 389 of the laws
(c) On and after December first, nineteen  hundred  ninety-seven,  the
term  "general  hospital",  as  used in this section, includes specialty
hospitals for persons who are developmentally disabled, licensed by  the
bilities and which are also issued an operating certificate pursuant  to
section twenty-eight hundred five of this article.
§  22. The opening paragraph of section 2978 of the public health law,
as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
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The  commissioners  of  mental health and [mental retardation and] THE
OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities shall  establish  such
regulations  as may be necessary for implementation of this article with
respect to those persons in mental hygiene facilities.
§  23.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 2979 of the
public health law, as amended by chapter 8  of  the  laws  of  2010,  is
OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities shall prepare a state-
ment summarizing the rights, duties, and requirements  of  this  article
and shall require that a copy of such statement:
§  24.  Subdivision  10  of  section 2980 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 23 of the  laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
10.  "Mental hygiene facility" means a residential facility, excluding
family care homes, operated or licensed by the office of  mental  health
or  the office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental
§ 25. Subdivision 2 of section 2991 of the public health law, as added
dation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH  developmental  disabilities  for
facilities subject to their respective regulatory authorities.
§  26.  Section 2993 of the public health law, as added by chapter 752
§ 2993. Regulations. The commissioner of health, in consultation  with
the  commissioners  of  the  office  of mental health and the office [of
mental retardation and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  developmental  disabilities,
shall establish such regulations as may be necessary for the implementa-
tion  of  this  article, subject to the provisions of subdivision two of
section two thousand nine hundred ninety-one of this article.
§ 27. Subdivision 20 of section 2994-a of the public  health  law,  as
§ 28. Subdivision 2 of section 2994-t of the  public  health  law,  as
2.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation with the commissioners of the
office of mental health and the office [of mental retardation  and]  FOR
PEOPLE  WITH  developmental  disabilities,  shall promulgate regulations
identifying the credentials of health care  professionals  qualified  to
provide  an  independent determination, pursuant to subdivision three of
section twenty-nine  hundred  ninety-four-c  of  this  article,  that  a
patient  lacks  decision-making  capacity  because  of mental illness or
§ 29. Subdivision 12 of section 2994-aa of the public health  law,  as
licensed  by the office of mental health or the office [of mental retar-
dation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities.
§ 30. Subdivision 4 of section 3 of the public lands law,  as  amended
by chapter 785 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
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4.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other stat-
ute, the commissioner of general services, upon the application  of  any
state  department,  or a division, bureau or agency thereof, or upon the
application of any state agency, may transfer to such state  department,
division,  bureau, or agency, or state agency, the jurisdiction over any
lands, including lands under  water,  abandoned  canal  lands  and  salt
springs  reservation land, upon such terms and conditions as the commis-
sioner may deem just and proper and upon the consent of the  department,
or  a  division,  bureau or agency thereof, or any state agency, already
having jurisdiction  over  such  lands  and  notwithstanding  any  other
provision  of  this  chapter  or  other  statute, authority to give such
consent is hereby conferred upon the head of any such state  department,
or  a division, bureau or agency thereof, or any state agency; provided,
however, that if the commissioner of general  services  determines  that
any such land under the jurisdiction of any state department, or a divi-
sion,  bureau or agency thereof, or any state agency other than a public
authority or public benefit corporation is  under  utilized  or  is  not
being  utilized  in  a  manner consistent with the best interests of the
state, such commissioner may on his  own  initiative,  and  without  the
application  or  consent  referred to above but subject to the procedure
and review provided in section  two-a  of  this  article,  transfer  the
jurisdiction  over  such  land to any other state department, or a divi-
sion, bureau or agency thereof, or any other state agency other  than  a
public  authority  or  public  benefit  corporation. Should such land be
under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health or the office  [of
mental  retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities upon
which a community residential facility for the disabled  as  defined  in
section  41.34  of  the  mental  hygiene law exists, the commissioner of
general services shall, prior to transferring the jurisdiction over such
land to any other state department, or  a  division,  bureau  or  agency
thereof,  or  any  other  state  agency other than a public authority or
public benefit corporation offer such land for sale  at  public  auction
pursuant  to  section  thirty-three  of this chapter; provided, however,
that the provisions of section four hundred six of  the  eminent  domain
procedure law shall apply to such property.
§ 31. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 30-a of the public lands law, as
added  by  chapter  785  of  the  laws  of  1982, are amended to read as
3. Upon the filing of a declaration of abandonment by the commissioner
of the office of mental health or by the commissioner of the office  [of
mental  retardation  and]  FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities of
state-owned lands upon which a community residential  facility  for  the
disabled  as  defined in section 41.34 of the mental hygiene law exists,
and with an approval thereof by the commissioner  of  general  services,
such  lands  shall become unappropriated state lands; and prior to being
transferred to the jurisdiction of another state agency shall be offered
for sale at public auction pursuant  to  section  thirty-three  of  this
article;  provided, however, that the provisions of section four hundred
six of the eminent domain procedure law shall apply to such property.
4. Should state-owned real property  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the
PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities and upon which a community  resi-
dential  facility  for  the  disabled as defined in section 41.34 of the
mental hygiene law exists, be declared abandoned by the commissioner  of
general  services pursuant to subdivision two of this section, such real
property shall become unappropriated state lands;  and  prior  to  being
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transferred  to  the  jurisdiction  of  another  state  agency, shall be
offered for sale at public auction pursuant to section  thirty-three  of
this  article;  provided,  however,  that the provisions of section four
hundred  six  of  the  eminent  domain procedure law shall apply to such
§ 32. Subdivision 23 of section 305 of the education law, as added  by
chapter 515 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
23.  The commissioner shall have primary responsibility for the devel-
opment and implementation of integrated employment opportunities includ-
ing short-term and  intensive  supported  employment  services  and,  as
appropriate,  long-term  extended  support services and shall coordinate
with the commissioner of social services, the commissioner of the office
of mental health and the commissioner of the office [of mental  retarda-
tion and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities under an integrated
employment  implementation  plan, pursuant to article twenty-one of this
§ 33. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (j) of subdivision  1  of  section
414  of  the education law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of 2005,
(i) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term  "licensed  school-
based  health,  dental  or  mental health clinic" means a clinic that is
located in a school facility of a school district or  board  of  cooper-
ative  educational  services,  is  operated  by an entity other than the
school district or board of cooperative educational  services  and  will
provide  health,  dental  or  mental health services during school hours
and/or non-school hours to school-age and preschool children,  and  that
is:  (1)  a  health  clinic approved under the provisions of chapter one
hundred ninety-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred  seventy-eight;  or
(2) another school-based health or dental clinic licensed by the depart-
ment  of  health  pursuant  to article twenty-eight of the public health
law; or (3) a school-based mental health clinic licensed or approved  by
the office of mental health pursuant to article thirty-one of the mental
hygiene  law; or (4) a school-based mental health clinic licensed by the
bilities pursuant to article sixteen of the mental hygiene law.
§ 34. Paragraphs a and c of subdivision 2 and the closing paragraph of
subdivision  3 of section 1004-b of the education law, as added by chap-
ter 515 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows:
a. The commissioner, in consultation with and with  the  agreement  of
the  commissioners of mental health, [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE
FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities  and  social  services  shall
develop  a  state  interagency plan for the implementation of integrated
employment  opportunities  for  individuals  with  severe  disabilities,
including  supported  employment.  Such  plan shall be designed so as to
ensure that the state's integrated  employment  efforts,  including  the
supported  employment  program,  are  planned, developed and implemented
comprehensively, with roles and responsibilities of the respective agen-
cies well-defined. Such plan  shall  reflect  the  department's  primary
responsibility  for  the  development  of integrated employment opportu-
nities for individuals with severe  disabilities,  including  short-term
and  intensive  supported  employment  services,  as well as appropriate
responsibilities for long term  extended  support  services.  Such  plan
shall  specify  the  role  and  responsibilities  of each such agency in
assuring that:
c. The commissioner, in consultation with  the  commissioners  of  the
office  of  mental  health,  the  office [of mental retardation and] FOR
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PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities  and  the  department  of  social
services,  shall develop an audit protocol to verify the actual costs of
providing such programs.
The  commissioners  of  the  office  of  mental health, the office [of
mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities,  and
the department of social services shall provide any information required
to assist the commissioner in making such report.
§  35.  Paragraph  c  and  subparagraphs 1, 2 and 13 of paragraph d of
subdivision 5 of section 3202 of the education law, paragraph c as added
by chapter 66 of the laws of 1978, subparagraph  2  of  paragraph  c  as
amended  by  section  26  of  part  B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007,
subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph d as amended by chapter  260  of  the
laws  of  1993  and subparagraph 13 of paragraph d as amended by chapter
273 of the laws of 1986 and renumbered by chapter  57  of  the  laws  of
1993, are amended to read as follows:
for  the mentally retarded operated by the office [of mental retardation
and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities for the direct  cost  of
such  services in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commis-
sioner and approved by the director of the budget.
(2) The school district in which each such child resided at  the  time
disabilities assumed responsibility for the support and  maintenance  of
such child shall reimburse the education department for its expenditures
on behalf of such child, in an amount equal to the school district basic
contribution  as  such  term  is defined in subdivision eight of section
forty-four hundred one of this chapter, for any such child admitted to a
state school for the retarded on or after July first,  nineteen  hundred
seventy-eight.  The  comptroller  may  deduct from any state funds which
become due to a school district an amount  equal  to  the  reimbursement
required  to  be  made  by  such school district in accordance with this
paragraph and the amount so  deducted  shall  not  be  included  in  the
the  approved  operating expenses pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision
(1) Children who reside in  an  intermediate  care  facility  for  the
mentally  retarded,  other than a state operated school for the mentally
retarded, as defined in regulations of the office [of mental retardation
and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities, shall  be  admitted  to
the  public  schools, except as otherwise provided in subparagraph four-
teen of this paragraph.   The trustees or  board  of  education  of  the
school  district  in  which  such facility is located shall receive such
children in the school or schools of the district  for  instruction  and
for the provision of necessary related services for a compensation to be
fixed  by  the  trustees  or board of education, unless such trustees or
board of education shall establish to the satisfaction  of  the  commis-
sioner  of  education  that  there  are valid and sufficient reasons for
refusal to receive such children.  Evaluation of the  educational  needs
of such children and placement in appropriate educational programs shall
be made in accordance with article eighty-nine of this chapter.
(2)  A  child who resides in an individualized residential alternative
as defined in regulations of the office [of mental retardation and]  FOR
PEOPLE  WITH  developmental  disabilities  which  is located in a school
district other than the school district in which such child's parent  or
person in parental relation resided at the time such child was placed in
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an  institution  under  the  auspices  of such office shall be deemed to
reside in an intermediate care facility for purposes of this subdivision
to the extent such child is enrolled in a home and community based waiv-
er program approved by the Health Care Financing Administration.
(13)  The  school  district providing educational services to children
placed pursuant to this paragraph shall provide a report on  the  status
of each such child with a handicapping condition annually to the commit-
tee  on  special  education  of  the  school district in which the child
resided at the time of admission to the intermediate care  facility  for
the  mentally  retarded. Such report shall also be sent to the parent or
guardian of the child and the office [of  mental  retardation  and]  FOR
§  36.  The opening paragraph of clause (c) of subparagraph 4 of para-
graph b of subdivision 1 of  section  4402  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  378  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
The committee on special education, with the consent of the parent  or
person in parental relation or the student, if he or she is over the age
of  eighteen,  shall  request  in  writing a designee of the appropriate
county or state agency to participate,  in  accordance  with  guidelines
established  by the department, in any proceeding of the committee where
a child is at risk of residential placement. The committee shall forward
a copy of any such request to the office [of mental retardation and] FOR
PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities and the office of mental  health.
A  designee  or  designees  of  the  agency  may participate in any such
proceeding for the purpose  of  making  recommendations  concerning  the
appropriateness  of  residential placement and other programs and place-
ment alternatives, including, but  not  limited  to,  community  support
services that may be available to the family. Such designee or designees
shall  not  be  considered  members  of  the committee. Such designee or
designees shall include, but not be limited to, representatives  of  any
agency  receiving  coordinated children's services initiative funding as
referenced in the aid to localities budget, of a local interagency coor-
dinating body, of the social services district, the local mental  health
agency,  or  health  department,  or  of  the developmental disabilities
service office, as appropriate. The name of such designee or  designees,
if  any,  shall be made available to each committee on special education
in the county. In addition, with the consent  of  the  parent  or  other
person  in parental relation, the committee may confer with other appro-
priate providers of services to identify any services  that  may  be  of
benefit  to  the  family  based on the family's identification of or the
committee's observation of family services needs. As used in this  chap-
ter,  the term "county" means county as defined in section four thousand
one of this [article] TITLE, and the term "appropriate agency" means one
§ 37. The opening paragraph of clause (c) of subparagraph 4  of  para-
graph  b  of  subdivision  1  of  section  4402 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 600 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
The committee on special education shall request in writing a designee
of  the appropriate county or state agency to participate, in accordance
with guidelines established by the department, in any proceeding of  the
committee where a child is at risk of residential placement. The commit-
tee  shall  forward  a copy of any such request to the office [of mental
retardation and] FOR PEOPLE  WITH  developmental  disabilities  and  the
office  of  mental  health.  A  designee  or designees of the agency may
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participate in any such proceeding for the purpose of making recommenda-
tions concerning the appropriateness of residential placement and  other
programs  and  placement  alternatives,  including,  but not limited to,
community  support  services  that  may be available to the family. Such
designee or designees shall not be considered members of the  committee.
Such  designee or designees shall include, but not be limited to, repre-
sentatives of  any  agency  receiving  coordinated  children's  services
initiative  funding  as referenced in the aid to localities budget, of a
local interagency coordinating body, of the  social  services  district,
the local mental health agency, or health department, or of the develop-
mental  disabilities  service  office,  as appropriate. The name of such
designee or designees, if any, shall be made available to each committee
on special education in the county. In addition, with the consent of the
parent or other person  in  parental  relationship,  the  committee  may
confer  with  other  appropriate  providers  of services to identify any
services that may be of benefit to the  family  based  on  the  family's
identification  of  or  the  committee's  observation of family services
needs. As used in this  chapter,  the  term  "county"  means  county  as
defined  in  section  four thousand one of this [article] TITLE, and the
term "appropriate agency" means one of the following agencies:
§ 38. Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 6503-a of the  education
law,  as added by chapter 130 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
b. any entity operated by a New York state or  federal  agency,  poli-
tical  subdivision, municipal corporation, or local government agency or
unit pursuant to authority granted by law, including but not limited  to
any  entity  operated  by  the  office  of mental health, the office [of
mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental  disabilities,  or
the  office  of  alcoholism  and substance abuse services under articles
seven, thirteen, and nineteen of the mental hygiene law, respectively.
§ 39. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507  of  the  education
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§ 40. Subdivision b of section 6738 of the education law,  as  amended
by chapter 532 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
supervision of a physical therapist assistant  by  a  licensed  physical
therapist,  (i)  in  a  residential  health care facility, as defined in
article twenty-eight of the public health law, (ii) in a diagnostic  and
treatment  center  licensed  under  article  twenty-eight  of the public
health law that provides, as its principal mission, services to individ-
uals with developmental disabilities, (iii) in a facility, as defined in
section 1.03 of the mental  hygiene  law,  or  (iv)  under  a  monitored
program of the office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH devel-
opmental  disabilities as defined in subdivision (a) of section 13.15 of
the mental hygiene law, shall be continuous but not necessarily on  site
when  the  supervising physical therapist has determined, through evalu-
ation, the setting of goals and the establishment of a  treatment  plan,
that  the  program  is  one  of maintenance as defined pursuant to title
XVIII of the federal social security act. The provisions of this  subdi-
vision  shall  not  apply  to the provision of physical therapy services
when the condition requires multiple adjustments of sequences and proce-
dures due to rapidly changing physiological status  and/or  response  to
treatment, or to children under five years of age.
§  41.  Subdivision  (e)  of section 17 of the social services law, as
added by chapter 515 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
(e) work cooperatively with the commissioner of the office  of  mental
health  and  the  commissioner of the office [of mental retardation and]
FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities to assist the commissioner of
education in furnishing integrated employment  services  to  individuals
with  severe  disabilities,  including  the development of an integrated
employment implementation plan pursuant to  article  twenty-one  of  the
§  42.  Paragraph  (h)  of  subdivision  3 of section 34 of the social
services law, as added by chapter 600 of the laws of 1994, is amended to
(h) in consultation with the department of education,  the  department
of  health,  the  division  for youth, the office [of mental retardation
and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities and the office of mental
health, establish guidelines for the acceptance by social services offi-
cials of notices that children in foster care are at risk of educational
placements, as provided for in  subparagraph  four  of  paragraph  b  of
subdivision  one of section forty-four hundred two of the education law.
Such guidelines shall be designed to assure  that  the  social  services
district  receiving  such a notice inquire into the educational needs of
the child and the circumstances of the foster  care  placement,  and  to
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assure  that the social services district responds as appropriate to any
request by a committee  on  special  education  to  participate  in  the
proceedings of the committee;
§  43.  The  opening  paragraph  of  paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of
section 122 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 214 of the
The following persons, not described in paragraph (a) or (b)  of  this
subdivision,  shall,  if  otherwise eligible, be eligible for safety net
assistance and medical assistance, except that medical assistance  shall
be limited to care and services (not including care and services related
to  an  organ  transplant  procedure)  necessary for the treatment of an
emergency medical condition as that term is defined in section  1903  of
the  federal  social  security  act  unless  and until federal financial
provided, however, that any such  person  who,  on  the  fourth  day  of
August,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-seven  was  residing in a residential
health care facility licensed by the department of health or in a  resi-
dential  facility  licensed,  operated or funded by the office of mental
health or the office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH  devel-
opmental  disabilities,  and  was  in  receipt  of  a medical assistance
authorization based on a finding that he or she was a person permanently
residing in the United States under color of  law  shall,  if  otherwise
eligible, be eligible for medical assistance and provided, further, that
any such person who, on the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-seven, was diagnosed as having AIDS, as defined in subdivision one of
section  two thousand seven hundred eighty of the public health law, and
was in receipt of medical assistance  authorization  pursuant  to  title
eleven of article five of this chapter based on a finding that he or she
was  a  person  permanently residing in the United States under color of
law shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for medical assistance:
§ 44. Subdivision 1 of section 138-a of the social  services  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  791  of  the  laws  of 1983, is amended to read as
1. Any inconsistent provision of this chapter or  other  law  notwith-
standing,  the  department  shall  be  responsible for furnishing public
assistance and care to mentally disabled persons residing in family care
homes licensed by the office of mental health or the office  [of  mental
retardation  and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  developmental disabilities who are
admitted to such facilities in accordance with regulations of the office
which licenses the facility. However, the department may, at its option,
discharge such responsibility, in  whole  or  in  part,  through  social
services  districts designated to act as agents of the department. While
so designated, a social services district shall  act  as  agent  of  the
department and shall be entitled to reimbursement as provided in section
one hundred fifty-three of this [chapter] ARTICLE.
§  45.  Subdivision  2-a and paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section
209 of the social services law, subdivision 2-a as  amended  by  chapter
450 of the laws of 1987 and paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 as amended by
section  48  of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2005, are amended to
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twenty-five dollars a month. Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision
of  subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  one of this
section, on or after January first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight,  a
resident  of an intermediate care facility operated or issued an operat-
ing certificate by the office [of mental  retardation  and]  FOR  PEOPLE
WITH  developmental  disabilities or a patient of a hospital operated by
the office of mental health as defined in  subdivision  ten  of  section
1.03  of  the  mental  hygiene  law  who  is receiving or is eligible to
receive supplemental security income payments  and/or  additional  state
payments  shall receive a state payment for personal needs in the amount
of five dollars a month. The  department  is  authorized  to  promulgate
necessary  regulations to provide for the time and manner for payment of
such personal allowance to such individuals.
(e) "Receiving enhanced residential care" shall  mean  residing  in  a
privately  operated school for the mentally retarded and developmentally
disabled which is certified by the office [of  mental  retardation  and]
FOR  PEOPLE  WITH developmental disabilities of the department of mental
hygiene, in accordance with applicable provisions of law and regulations
or an adult home, or enriched housing program certified by  the  depart-
ment  of health in accordance with applicable law, rules and regulations
to the extent permitted by federal law and regulations.
§ 46. Paragraph (l) of subdivision 1 of section 364-j  of  the  social
services  law, as amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1996, is amended
(l) "Responsible special care  agency".  Whichever  of  the  following
state  agencies has responsibility for the special care in question: the
department of health, the office of mental health, the office [of mental
retardation and] FOR PEOPLE  WITH  developmental  disabilities,  or  the
§  47.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 9 of section 365-a of the social
services law, as added by section 14 of part B of  chapter  109  of  the
(a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, any utilization
controls  on occupational therapy or physical therapy, including but not
limited to, prior approval of services, utilization thresholds or  other
limitations  imposed  on  such therapy services in relation to a chronic
condition in clinics certified under article twenty-eight of the  public
health  law  or  article sixteen of the mental hygiene law shall be: (i)
developed by the department of health in concurrence with the office [of
mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities;  and
(ii) in accord with nationally recognized professional standards. In the
event  that  nationally  recognized professional standards do not exist,
such thresholds shall be based upon the  reasonably  recognized  profes-
sional standards of those with a specific expertise in treating individ-
uals  served  by  clinics  certified  under  article twenty-eight of the
public health law or article sixteen of the mental hygiene law.
§ 48. Clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph  10  of  paragraph  (a)  of
subdivision  2, clause (ix) of paragraph b and paragraphs d, e, f, g, i,
k, l and m of subdivision 7 of section 366 of the social  services  law,
clause  (i)  of subparagraph 10 of paragraph (a) as added by chapter 705
of the laws of 1988, clause (ii) of subparagraph 10 of paragraph (a)  as
amended  by  chapter 855 of the laws of 1990, clause (ix) of paragraph b
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and paragraphs d, e, f, g, i, k, l and m of subdivision 7 as amended  by
chapter 324 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows:
(i)  A  person  who  is  receiving  or  is eligible to receive federal
public health law, the amount of fifty-five dollars per month;
public health law, the amount of fifty dollars per month;
(ix) meet such other criteria as may be established by the commission-
er  of  health, in conjunction with the commissioner of [mental retarda-
tion and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities, as  may
be  necessary  to  administer  the  provisions of this subdivision in an
equitable manner, including those criteria established pursuant to para-
graph d of this subdivision.
d. The commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commissioner of
bilities, shall establish selection criteria to ensure that participants
are  those  who  are  most  in  need and reflect an equitable geographic
distribution. Such selection criteria shall include, but not be  limited
to,  the  imminent  risk  of  institutionalization, the financial burden
imposed upon the family as a result of the child's  health  care  needs,
and  the  level  of  stress within the family unit due to the unrelieved
burden of caring for the child at home.
e. Social services districts, in  consultation  with  the  office  [of
shall  assess  the  eligibility  of  persons  in  accordance  with   the
provisions  of paragraph b of this subdivision, as well as the selection
criteria established by the commissioner of health and the  commissioner
disabilities as required by paragraph d of this subdivision.
f. The commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commissioner of
bilities,  shall  designate persons to assess the eligibility of persons
under consideration for participation in  the  waiver  program.  Persons
designated  by  such commissioners may include the person's physician, a
representative of the social services district,  representative  of  the
appropriate  developmental  disabilities  services office and such other
persons as the commissioners  deem  appropriate.  The  assessment  shall
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include,  but  need  not  be  limited  to,  an evaluation of the health,
psycho-social, developmental, habilitation and  environmental  needs  of
the  person  and  shall  serve  as  the  basis  for  the development and
provision of an appropriate plan of care for such person.
g. Prior to a person's participation in the waiver program, the office
shall undertake or arrange for the development of a written plan of care
for the provision of services consistent with the level of  care  deter-
mined  by the assessment, in accordance with criteria established by the
commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of [mental
retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental  disabilities.
Such  plan  of care shall be reviewed by such commissioners prior to the
provision of services pursuant to the waiver program.
i. The office [of mental retardation and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  develop-
mental  disabilities shall designate who may provide the home and commu-
nity-based services identified  in  paragraph  h  of  this  subdivision,
subject to the approval of the commissioner of health.
k.  Before a person may participate in the waiver program specified in
paragraph a of this subdivision, the office [of mental retardation  and]
FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities shall determine that there is
a reasonable expectation that the annual medical assistance expenditures
for  such  person under the waiver would not exceed the expenditures for
care in an intermediate care facility for the  developmentally  disabled
that would have been made had the waiver not been granted.
l. The commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commissioner of
bilities, shall review the plans of care and expenditure estimates prior
to the participation of any person in the waiver program.
m. Within one year of federal waiver approval, and on an annual  basis
thereafter,  until such time as the waiver program is fully implemented,
the commissioner of health, in  conjunction  with  the  commissioner  of
bilities, shall report on the status of the waiver program to the gover-
nor and the legislature. Such report shall specify the number  of  chil-
dren participating in the waiver program, the geographic distribution of
those  so  participating,  health  profiles, service costs and length of
time the children have participated in the waiver  program.  The  report
shall  also provide follow-up information on children who have withdrawn
from the waiver program, including data on  residential  program  place-
§  49. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section
367-a of the social services law, as amended by section 15 of part B  of
chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(iii)  individuals  who  are inpatients in a medical facility who have
been required to spend all of their  income  for  medical  care,  except
their  personal needs allowance or residents of community based residen-
tial facilities licensed by the office of mental health  or  the  office
who have been required to  spend  all  of  their  income,  except  their
personal needs allowance;
§  50.  Paragraph  (h) of subdivision 1 of section 368-a of the social
services law, as amended by section 22 of part H of chapter 686  of  the
(h)  (i)  Beginning  January  first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, one
hundred per centum of the amount expended  for  medical  assistance  for
those  individuals  who  are  eligible pursuant to section three hundred
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sixty-six of this article as a result of a mental disability  as  deter-
mined  by  the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of the
office of mental health and the commissioner of the  office  [of  mental
retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities and with the
approval  of  the director of the budget after first deducting therefrom
any federal funds properly received or to be received on account  there-
(ii)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law to the contrary, on
and after the effective date of this  subparagraph,  the  department  of
health  shall make no further recovery or recoupment of monies that were
advanced to local social services  districts,  during  the  period  from
April  first,  nineteen hundred ninety-two to the effective date of this
subparagraph, to cover the medical assistance  costs  pursuant  to  this
paragraph  for  rehabilitative services for residents of community resi-
dences licensed or operated by the office of mental health  or  for  THE
bilities home and community based waiver services.
§ 51. Subclause 2 of clause (c) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph  (a)
of  subdivision 1 of section 390 of the social services law, as added by
chapter 750 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
(2) providing day treatment under an operating certificate  issued  by
FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities; or
§ 52. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 13 and subdivision  14  of  section
398 of the social services law, paragraph (c) of subdivision 13 as added
by  chapter  544 of the laws of 1982, subdivision 14 as added by chapter
570 of the laws of 1983, paragraph (a) of subdivision 14 as  amended  by
chapter  387  of the laws of 1999 and such subdivisions as renumbered by
chapter 419 of the laws of 1987, are amended to read as follows:
(c) When a child's report is submitted to the council on children  and
families  pursuant to this subdivision, the council shall cooperate with
adult service providers, such as the department of social services,  the
office  [of  mental retardation] FOR PEOPLE WITH and developmental disa-
bilities, the office of mental health and the office of vocational reha-
bilitation of the education department in planning and coordinating such
child's return to New York state for adult services. The  council  shall
arrange  with  the  appropriate  state  agency  for the development of a
recommendation of all appropriate in-state programs operated,  licensed,
certified  or  authorized by such agency and which may be available when
such child attains the age of twenty-one.  Such  recommendation  of  all
programs shall be made available to the parent or guardian of such child
at least six months before such child attains the age of twenty-one. All
records, reports and information received, compiled or maintained by the
council  pursuant  to this subdivision shall be subject to the confiden-
tiality requirements of the department.
14.  (a) In the case of a child who  is  developmentally  disabled  as
such  term  is  defined  in  section  1.03  of  the  mental hygiene law,
emotionally disturbed or physically handicapped  and  who  is  receiving
care  in  a group home, agency boarding home, or any child care facility
operated by an authorized agency with a capacity  of  thirteen  or  more
children,  who attains the age of eighteen and who will continue in such
care after the age of eighteen, or who is placed in such care after  the
age of eighteen, the social services official shall notify the parent or
guardian  of  such  child  that such care will terminate when such child
attains the age of twenty-one provided, however, that any such child  in
receipt  of  educational  services  and  under the care and custody of a
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local department of social services who reaches the  age  of  twenty-one
during the period commencing on the first day of September and ending on
the  thirtieth day of June shall be entitled to continue in such program
until  the  thirtieth day of June or until the termination of the school
year, whichever shall first occur. Such notice shall be in  writing  and
shall  describe  in  detail  the  parent's  or guardian's opportunity to
consent to having such child's name and other information forwarded in a
report to the commissioner of mental  health,  commissioner  of  [mental
retardation  and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities,
commissioner of education or commissioner of the office of children  and
family services or their designees for the purpose of determining wheth-
er such child will likely need services after the age of twenty-one and,
if so, recommending possible adult services.
(b)  Upon  the written consent of the parent or guardian, and notwith-
standing section three hundred seventy-two of this article,  the  social
services  official  shall  submit a report on such child's possible need
for services after age twenty-one to the commissioner of mental  health,
commissioner  of  [mental  retardation  and]  THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH
developmental disabilities, commissioner of social services  or  commis-
sioner  of  education or their designees for the development of a recom-
mendation pursuant to section 7.37 or 13.37 of the mental  hygiene  law,
section three hundred ninety-eight-c of this [article] TITLE or subdivi-
sion  ten  of  section four thousand four hundred three of the education
law. The social services official  shall  determine  which  commissioner
shall  receive the report by considering the child's handicapping condi-
tion. If the social services official determines  that  the  child  will
need  adult  services from the department and such social services offi-
cial is the commissioner's designee pursuant  to  this  subdivision  and
section  three  hundred  ninety-eight-c  of  this  [article] TITLE, such
social services official shall perform the services described in section
three hundred ninety-eight-c of this [article] TITLE.
(c) A copy of such report shall also be submitted to the department at
the same time that such report  is  submitted  to  the  commissioner  of
mental  health,  commissioner of [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR
PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities or commissioner of  education  or
(d)  When the social services official is notified by the commissioner
who received the report that such state agency is  not  responsible  for
determining  and  recommending  adult services for the child, the social
services official shall forward the report to another commissioner;  or,
if  the  social services official determines that there exists a dispute
between state agencies as to which state agency has  the  responsibility
for  determining  and  recommending  adult services, the social services
official may forward the report to the council on children and  families
for a resolution of such dispute.
(e)  The  social  services official shall prepare and submit an annual
report to the department on October first, nineteen hundred  eighty-four
and  thereafter  on  or  before  October first of each year. Such annual
report shall contain the number of cases submitted to each  commissioner
pursuant  to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the type and severity of
the handicapping condition of each such  case,  the  number  of  notices
received  which  deny  responsibility  for  determining and recommending
adult services, and other information necessary for the  department  and
the  council  on  children  and  families  to monitor the need for adult
services, but shall not contain personally identifying information.  The
department shall forward copies of such annual reports to the council on
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children  and families. All information received by the council on chil-
dren and families pursuant to this paragraph shall  be  subject  to  the
confidentiality requirements of the department.
§  53.  Subdivision  1  of  section 463 of the social services law, as
amended by chapter 465 of the laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
1.  "Community  residential  facility"  means any facility operated or
subject to licensure by the state which provides a supervised  residence
for  mentally,  emotionally, physically, or socially disabled persons or
for persons in need of supervision or juvenile  delinquents.  This  term
includes,  but  is not limited to, community residences for the mentally
disabled operated or licensed by the [offices] OFFICE of  mental  health
or  [mental  retardation and] OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disa-
bilities or by the divisions of the office of alcoholism  and  substance
abuse,  agency  operated boarding homes, group homes or private proprie-
tary homes for adults operated or licensed by the department  of  social
services,  group  homes  operated  by, contracted for or licensed by the
division for youth and half-way houses operated or licensed by the divi-
sion of substance abuse services.
§ 54. Section 466-a of the social services law, as amended by  chapter
405 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
§  466-a.  Agreements.  The department shall enter into memorandums of
understanding with the office of mental health and the office [of mental
retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities.  The  memo-
randums  with  the  office  [of  mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH
developmental disabilities and the office of mental health shall facili-
tate access by those offices to child care facilities providing  transi-
tional  care  to  young  adults as may be necessary for those offices to
meet their responsibilities for monitoring the care of the young adults.
§ 55. Subdivision 1 of section 483 of  the  social  services  law,  as
amended  by  section  62 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
1. There shall be a council on children and families established with-
in the office of children and family services consisting of the  follow-
ing members: the state commissioner of children and family services, the
commissioner of temporary and disability assistance, the commissioner of
mental  health,  the commissioner of [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE
office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services, the commissioner of
education, the director of the  office  of  probation  and  correctional
alternatives,  the commissioner of health, the commissioner of the divi-
sion of criminal justice services, the state advocate for  persons  with
disabilities, the director of the office for the aging, the commissioner
of  labor,  and  the  chair of the commission on quality of care for the
mentally disabled. The governor shall designate the chair of the council
and the chief executive officer (CEO).
§ 56. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision  3  of  section
483-c  of the social services law, as amended by section 63 of part A of
(i) State tier III team. There is  hereby  established  a  state  team
designated  as  the "tier III team", which shall consist of the chair of
the council, the commissioners of children and family  services,  mental
health,  health,  education,  [alcohol]  ALCOHOLISM  and substance abuse
opmental disabilities, and the director of the office of  probation  and
correctional  alternatives,  or  their  designated  representatives, and
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representatives of families of children with emotional and/or behavioral
disorders. Other representatives may be added at the discretion of  such
§  57.  Subdivision  1 of section 483-d of the social services law, as
amended by section 18 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2010,  is
1.  Committee  established.    There  is hereby established within the
council an out-of-state placement committee comprised of the commission-
er of children and family services, the commissioner of  mental  health,
the  commissioner of [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH
developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education,  the  commis-
sioner  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services, the commissioner of
health, and the director of the office  of  probation  and  correctional
§  58.  Subdivision  1 of section 483-e of the social services law, as
added by chapter 624 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
1. Committee established. There is hereby established within the coun-
cil a restraint and crisis intervention technique committee comprised of
the commissioner of children and family services,  the  commissioner  of
FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities, the commissioner  of  educa-
tion  and  the  commissioner  of  health. The committee shall include at
least two representatives of statewide and regional  provider  organiza-
tions  that  represent providers of educational and residential services
to children, at least two mental health professionals who provide direct
care on a regular basis to children served by the program types provided
in subdivision two of this section and at least  one  representative  of
parents of children requiring special services.
§  59.  Subdivision  1 of section 483-f of the social services law, as
added by chapter 413 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1. The council, in accordance with section 7.43 of the mental  hygiene
law, shall assist the commissioner of mental health with the implementa-
tion  of  the children's plan, developed pursuant to chapter six hundred
sixty-seven of the laws of two thousand six. State  child-serving  agen-
cies  involved  in the development of such plan shall assist, as needed,
with such plan's implementation and such agencies shall sign off on  all
future reports and plans. Such agencies shall include, but not be limit-
ed  to,  the  office of mental health, the office [of mental retardation
and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities, the office of  alcohol-
ism  and substance abuse services, the commission on quality of care and
advocacy for persons with disabilities, the office of children and fami-
ly services, the state education department, the department  of  health,
and the department of probation and correctional alternatives.
§  60.  Subdivision  (l)  of section 3 of the cooperative corporations
law, as added by chapter 225 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read  as
(l) The  terms  "buying, selling or leasing homes for its members" and
"conducting housing" shall include but not be limited to,  the  purposes
and uses of residential facilities for the mentally disabled licensed by
§ 61. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the elder law is amended to read
1. The director is hereby  authorized  and  directed,  to  the  extent
appropriations are available therefor, to develop, establish and operate
training and technical assistance programs, including caregiver resource
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centers,  caregiver networks, and other support activities, for informal
caregivers throughout the state for the purposes of assisting such care-
givers and improving the quality of care provided to frail and  disabled
persons. The director shall also make available and encourage the utili-
zation  of  such training programs in consultation with the commissioner
of health, the  commissioner  of  the  office  of  children  and  family
services,  the  commissioner  of  mental health, and the commissioner of
§  62. Subdivision 6 of section 622 of the correction law, as added by
6. Staff of the office of mental health  and  the  office  [of  mental
retardation  and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  developmental  disabilities may be
consulted about the inmate's treatment needs and may assist in providing
any additional treatment services determined to be clinically  appropri-
ate  to  address the inmate's underlying mental abnormality or disorder.
Such treatment services shall be provided using professionally  accepted
§  63. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 330.20
of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 548 of  the  laws  of
1980, are amended to read as follows:
the state commissioner of [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE
WITH developmental [disability] DISABILITIES.
(b) "Secure facility" means a facility  within  the  state  office  of
mental health or the state office [of mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE
WITH   developmental   disabilities  which  is  staffed  with  personnel
adequately trained in security methods and is so equipped as to minimize
the risk or danger of escapes, and which has been so specifically desig-
nated by the commissioner.
mental  illness for which care and treatment as a patient, in the in-pa-
tient services of a psychiatric center under  the  jurisdiction  of  the
state  office of mental health, is essential to such defendant's welfare
and that his judgment is so impaired that he is unable to understand the
need for such care and treatment; and, where  a  defendant  is  mentally
retarded,  the term "mentally ill" shall also mean, for purposes of this
section, that the defendant is in need of care and treatment as a  resi-
dent in the in-patient services of a developmental center or other resi-
dential  facility for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled
under the jurisdiction of the state office [of mental  retardation  and]
§  64.  Section  725.15  of  the criminal procedure law, as amended by
§ 725.15 Sealing of records.
Except where specifically required or permitted  by  statute  or  upon
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er  of  mental  health  or  commissioner of [mental retardation and] THE
OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities, as  appropriate;  the
case review panel; and the attorney general pursuant to section 10.05 of
§ 65. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 730.10 of the criminal procedure
law,  as amended by chapter 440 of the laws of 1987, are amended to read
state commissioner of [mental retardation and]  THE  OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE
operated  by  the  office  [of  mental  retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH
developmental disabilities, or (b) the director of a  hospital  operated
by  any  local  government  of  the state that has been certified by the
commissioner as having adequate facilities to  examine  a  defendant  to
determine  if  he  is  an  incapacitated  person, or (c) the director of
§ 66. Subdivision (a) of section 249 of the family court act, as sepa-
rately amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2010 and chapter  3  of  the
(a) In a proceeding under article three, seven, ten, ten-A or ten-C of
this  act  or where a revocation of an adoption consent is opposed under
section one hundred fifteen-b of the domestic relations law  or  in  any
proceeding  under  section  three  hundred  fifty-eight-a, three hundred
the  subject  of the proceeding or who is sought to be placed in protec-
tive custody, if independent legal representation is  not  available  to
such  minor.  In any proceeding to extend or continue the placement of a
or continue a commitment to the custody of the  commissioner  of  mental
health  or  the  commissioner of [mental retardation and] THE OFFICE FOR
PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities pursuant to section 322.2 of this
act, the court shall not permit the respondent to waive the right to  be
other  person  legally  responsible  for  the  respondent's  care, or by
family court shall appoint an attorney to represent a youth,  under  the
age  of twenty-one, who is the subject of the proceeding, if independent
legal representation is not  available  to  such  youth.  In  any  other
attorney  to  represent  the  child,  when, in the opinion of the family
independent legal counsel is not available  to  the  child.  The  family
§  67.  Subdivisions  2-a and 2-b of section 3 of section 1 of chapter
359 of the laws of 1968, constituting the facilities development  corpo-
ration  act, as added by chapter 547 of the laws of 1979, are amended to
2-a. "Department" means the  department  of  mental  hygiene  and  the
offices of mental health, [mental retardation and developmental disabil-
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ities]  and  alcoholism  and substance abuse SERVICES AND THE OFFICE FOR
PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES of such department.
2-b.  "Commissioner"  means  the  commissioner  of  mental health, the
commissioner of [mental retardation and]  THE  OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH
developmental  disabilities, the [director of the division of alcoholism
and alcohol abuse and the director of the division of]  COMMISSIONER  OF
ALCOHOLISM AND substance abuse SERVICES.
§ 68. Subdivision 13-f of section 5 of section 1 of chapter 359 of the
laws  of  1968, constituting the facilities development corporation act,
as added by chapter 90 of the laws  of  1989,  is  amended  to  read  as
13-f. The executive director of the facilities development corporation
is authorized and empowered to enter into and implement agreements under
which  the  facilities development corporation may designate the commis-
sioner of the office of mental health, the commissioner  of  the  office
[of  mental retardation and] FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities,
the [director  of  the  division  of]  COMMISSIONER  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND
substance abuse services, [or the director of the division of alcoholism
and  alcohol  abuse,]  with  respect  to their respective facilities, as
agents for the facilities development corporation with  respect  to  the
financing  of  voluntary  provider not-for-profit community development,
and under which such commissioners and directors may act as  its  agent,
with respect to any and all duties for such corporation as set forth and
contained  in this act. The commissioners, the directors, and the execu-
tive director shall enter into such agreements, subject to the  approval
of  the director of the budget, which delineate the respective duties of
each party when such commissioners and directors are  designated  agents
§  69. Subdivision 6 of section 5-a of section 1 of chapter 392 of the
laws of 1973, constituting the medical care  facilities  finance  agency
act,  as added by chapter 855 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
6. As used in this section or in connection with federally-aided mort-
gage loan regarding residential facilities for the mentally retarded and
developmentally disabled or the  mentally  disabled  or  for  the  care,
treatment,  training and education of the mentally retarded and develop-
mentally disabled or the mentally disabled the term "commissioner" shall
also mean the commissioner of  mental  health  or  the  commissioner  of
§ 70. Subdivision cc of section 17-502 of the administrative  code  of
the city of New York, as added by local law number 47 of the city of New
York for the year 2002, is amended to read as follows:
cc.  "Day treatment program" means a facility which is (i) licensed by
the state department of health or the office of alcoholism and substance
abuse services, the office of mental health, or the  office  [of  mental
retardation  and]  FOR PEOPLE WITH developmental disabilities within the
state department of mental hygiene to provide treatment to  aid  in  the
rehabilitation  or  recovery of its patients based on a structured envi-
ronment requiring patient participation for no  less  than  three  hours
each  day;  or  (ii)  which  is  authorized by the state commissioner of
health to conduct a program pursuant to section 80.135 of title  ten  of
the New York code of rules and regulations.
§ 71. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however:
a.  the  amendments  to clause (c) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph b of
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ty-six of this act shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such
clause as provided by subdivision d of section 27 of chapter 378 of  the
laws  of 2007, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section
thirty-seven of this act shall take effect;
b.  the  amendments to paragraph (1) of subdivision 1 of section 364-j
of the social services law made by section forty-six of this  act  shall
not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed ther-
ewith; and
c. section sixty-six of this act shall take effect on the same date as
the  reversion of subdivision (a) of section 249 of the family court act
as provided in section 8 of chapter 29 of the laws of 2011, as amended.
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