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NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.01 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.01 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 13.01 Declaration of policy.The  state of New York and its local governments have a responsibility   for the prevention and early detection of developmental disabilities and   for the comprehensively planned provision of  services  including  care,   treatment   habilitation  and  rehabilitation  of  their  citizens  with   developmental disabilities.Therefore, it shall be the policy of the state to conduct research and   to develop programs to further the prevention  and  early  detection  of   developmental  disabilities;  to  develop  a  comprehensive,  integrated   system of services which has as its primary purposes the  promotion  and   attainment  of  independence,  inclusion, individuality and productivity   for persons with developmental disabilities; to serve the full range  of   needs of persons with developmental disabilities by expanding the number   and  types  of  community  based  services and developing new methods of   service  delivery;  and  to  improve  the  equity,   effectiveness   and   efficiency  of  services  for persons with developmental disabilities by   serving persons in the community  as  well  as  those  in  developmental   centers,  by  improving  the conditions in developmental centers, and by   establishing accountability for carrying out the policies of  the  state   with regard to such persons.To accomplish these goals and meet the particular needs of individuals   with  developmental disabilities, a new autonomous agency to be known as   the  office  for  people  with  developmental  disabilities   has   been   established.  The  office  and its commissioner shall plan and work with   local governments and  voluntary  organizations  and  all  providers  of   services,  and  individuals  with  developmental  disabilities and their   families and  representatives,  to  develop  an  effective,  integrated,   comprehensive  system  for  the  delivery  of all necessary supports and   services to all  individuals  with  developmental  disabilities  and  to   create  financing  procedures and mechanisms to support such a system of   supports and services to ensure that all individuals with  developmental   disabilities  in  need  of supports and services receive appropriate and   timely supports and services close to their families and  community.  In   carrying  out  these  responsibilities,  the office and its commissioner   shall make full use of existing services  in  the  community,  including   those  provided by voluntary and other service organizations, and within   annual amounts made available shall add  in-home,  residential  and  day   service  and  support capacity, to address the needs of individuals with   developmental disabilities.Any provisions of this article which explicitly  or  implicitly  apply   to,  or reference, persons who are mentally retarded, shall be deemed to   apply to, or reference, persons with developmental disabilities.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.03 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.03 - Definitions.

§ 13.03 Definitions.As used in this title:1. "office"   means   the   office   for   people  with  developmental   disabilities.2. "commissioner" means  the  head  of  the  office  for  people  with   developmental disabilities.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.06 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.06 - Annual Plan.

§ 13.06 Annual plan.The  commissioner  shall  submit an annual plan to the director of the   budget for his review and approval. Such annual plan shall also be filed   with the chairman of the assembly  ways  and  means  committee  and  the   senate  finance  committee.  Such  plan  shall  identify those community   residences to be converted to intermediate care facilities  for  persons   with   developmental   disabilities.   In   developing  such  plan,  the   commissioner  shall  utilize   specific   criteria,   including   client   eligibility  criteria,  fiscal criteria and such other relevant criteria   as he  may  deem  necessary,  to  assess  the  appropriateness  of  such   conversion.  The procedures contained in this plan shall be applied on a   case by  case  basis  to  individual  community  residential  sites.  No   community residence shall be so converted unless it meets such criteria.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.07 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.07 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities; Scope of Responsibilities.

§ 13.07 Office  for  people  with  developmental  disabilities; scope of           responsibilities.  (a) The office for people with developmental disabilities shall assure the development of comprehensive plans, programs, and  services  in  the areas  of  research,  prevention,  and  care,  treatment,  habilitation, rehabilitation,  vocational  and  other  education,  and   training   of individuals  with  developmental disabilities. Such plans, programs, and services shall be developed by the  cooperation  of  the  office,  other offices of the department where appropriate, other state departments and agencies,   local  governments,  community  organizations  and  agencies providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities, their families and representatives. It shall provide  appropriate  facilities, programs,   supports   and  services  and  encourage  the  provision  of facilities, programs, supports and  services  by  local  government  and community organizations and agencies.  (b)  It  shall  advise  and assist the governor in developing policies designed to meet the needs of persons  with  developmental  disabilities and encourage their full inclusion and participation in society.  (c)  The  office shall have the responsibility for seeing that persons with developmental disabilities specified in the  foregoing  subdivision are  provided  with  services  including  care  and treatment, that such services are of high quality and effectiveness, and  that  the  personal and  civil  rights of persons receiving such services are protected. The services  provided  shall  seek  to  promote  and  attain  independence, inclusion, individuality and productivity for persons with developmental disabilities.  (d)  The office shall foster programs for the training and development of persons capable of providing the foregoing services.  (e) Consistent with the requirements of  subdivision  (b)  of  section 5.05  of  this  chapter,  the  office  shall carry out the provisions of article  thirty-one  of  this  chapter  as  such  article  pertains   to regulation   and   quality   control   of   services  for  persons  with developmental disabilities.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.11 - Organization and Administration of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities and Its Facilities.

§ 13.11 Organization  and  administration  of the office for people with           developmental disabilities and its facilities.  (a)  The  commissioner  shall  have  the  professional   jurisdiction, supervision, and control of the office and all department facilities for persons with developmental disabilities.  (b)  The commissioner shall control the organization of the office and may continue, establish, discontinue, expand,  and  contract  facilities under his or her jurisdiction. The facilities set forth in section 13.17 in state operations offices may not be discontinued by the commissioner. Units   and   facilities   shall   have   such  functions,  duties,  and responsibilities as may be assigned to them by the commissioner.  (c) The commissioner may, within the  amounts  appropriated  therefor, lease   space   or   facilities  in  which  services  for  persons  with developmental disabilities are to be  provided.  He  may  delegate  this authority to the facilities development corporation.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.13 - Local Services.

§ 13.13 Local services.Local  services  for  persons with developmental disabilities shall be   planned, financed and implemented in accordance with the  provisions  of   article forty-one of this chapter.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.15 - Programs of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities.

§ 13.15 Programs   of   the   office   for   people  with  developmental           disabilities.  (a)  The  commissioner  shall  plan,  promote,   establish,   develop, coordinate,  evaluate,  and conduct programs and services of prevention, diagnosis, examination, care, treatment, rehabilitation,  training,  and research for the benefit of individuals with developmental disabilities. Such   programs   shall  include  but  not  be  limited  to  in-patient, out-patient,   partial    hospitalization,    day    care,    emergency, rehabilitative,  and other appropriate treatments and services. He shall take all actions that are necessary, desirable, or proper  to  implement the  purposes  of  this  chapter  and  to  carry  out  the  purposes and objectives of the office within the amounts made available  therefor  by appropriation,  grant,  gift,  devise,  bequest,  or allocation from the mental health services fund established under section ninety-seven-f  of the state finance law.  (b) The activities described in subdivision (a) of this section may be undertaken  in cooperation and agreement with other offices, departments or agencies of the state, local or federal  government,  or  with  other organizations and individuals.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.19 - Personnel of the Office; Regulations.

§ 13.19 Personnel of the office; regulations.  (a)  The  commissioner  may, within the amounts appropriated therefor, appoint and remove in accordance with law and applicable  rules  of  the state  civil  service  commission,  such  officers  and employees of the office for people with developmental disabilities as are  necessary  for efficient  administration.  The commissioner shall, in exercising his or her appointing authority, take, consistent with  article  twenty-three-A of the correction law, all reasonable and necessary steps to ensure that any  such  person  so appointed has not previously engaged in any act in violation of any law which indicates a propensity to  act  in  a  manner that  would  compromise  the  health  and  safety  of  individuals  with developmental disabilities.  (b) The director of a hospital or institute in the office  shall  have professional  qualifications  and  experience  to  be  prescribed by the commissioner.  (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the  position  of deputy  director  in  an office facility may be filled by new hire or by promotion open to employees who possess the minimum  qualifications  for the position.  (c)  The use of volunteers in the office for people with developmental disabilities  shall  be  encouraged.  The  commissioner  may   establish regulations governing such volunteer services.  (d)  Where, and to the extent that, an agreement between the state and an employee organization entered into pursuant to  article  fourteen  of the  civil  service  law  so provides, the commissioner is authorized to implement the  provisions  of  such  agreement  relating  to  discipline consistent with the terms thereof.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.23 - Education and Training Programs.

§ 13.23 Education and training programs.  (a)  The  commissioner shall have the power to establish such programs of training and education related to developmental  disabilities  as  he shall deem desirable.  (b)   The   director  of  each  facility  with  the  approval  of  the commissioner may establish and supervise training and education programs for employees. Directors of facilities authorized to establish  training and  education  programs  may  enter  into  agreements  with educational institutions to furnish such training in whole or in part.  (c) The commissioner may grant leaves of absence to employees  of  the office for the purpose of receiving training or education for the better performance  of  their  duties and, with the approval of the director of the budget, may continue the salaries of such employees, in full  or  in part,  in an amount not to exceed reimbursement for the loss of earnings while receiving such training.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.24 - Sheltered Workshops, Work Activity and Day Training Services.

§ 13.24 Sheltered workshops, work activity and day training services.1.  As  used  in  this  section,  the  following  terms shall have the   following meanings.a. "Sheltered workshops" means a program operated for the  purpose  of   providing   sheltered   employment   to   persons   with   developmental   disabilities.b. "Work activity and  day  training  services"  means  pre-vocational   activities defined by regulation of the commissioner designed to enhance   the  ability  of  a  person  with  a developmental disability to receive   vocational rehabilitation services.2. The commissioner shall develop methods to  fund  by  agreement  the   reasonably  related  cost  of  services,  subject to the approval of the   director of the budget, provided in sheltered workshops,  work  activity   and  day  training  services.  The  commissioner  shall  determine those   facilities and agencies  providing  such  services  and  shall  describe   characteristics  of  clients  receiving  such services. The commissioner   shall determine methods of improving the current  financing  system  for   such services.3.  The  methods  of  improving  the  current  financing  system shall   include, but not be limited to, the following:a.  Provision  of  equitable   funding   to   all   individuals   with   developmental  disabilities  which is not dependent upon prior residence   in facilities of the office.b. Establishment of systems of provider accountability  for  units  of   service  rendered  in  return  for  payments  made and development of an   advanced payment mechanism.c. Recommendation of rules, regulations and standards for the  payment   for provision of services.4. The commissioner shall report to the legislature on the progress of   determining  methods  of  improving  the  current financing system on or   before April first, nineteen hundred eighty-two.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.25 - Safety.

§ 13.25 Safety.  (a)  The commissioner and the directors of facilities under his or her jurisdiction may designate safety officers  to  act  as  special  police officers  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  under  orders  of the appropriate officer, to preserve peace and good order  in  such  facilities  and  to fully protect the grounds, buildings, and patients. Such safety officers acting  as special police officers shall possess all the powers of peace officers, as set forth in section 2.20 of the  criminal  procedure  law, while  performing  duties  in  or  arising  out  of  the course of their employment. Such peace officers when acting pursuant  to  their  special duties  may  issue  and  serve  a  simplified  traffic  information  and appearance ticket, in the form prescribed by the commissioner  of  motor vehicles  pursuant  to  section  two  hundred  seven  of the vehicle and traffic law, upon a person when  he  or  she  has  reasonable  cause  to believe  that  such  person has committed a traffic infraction in his or her presence, and shall have the power to issue and serve an  appearance ticket as defined in section 150.10 of the criminal procedure law for an offense other than a felony in lieu of an arrest.  (b)  The  commissioner  shall  cause to be developed and implemented a comprehensive training program for such safety officers. Such a  program is  to be provided to persons hired as safety officers within five weeks after such hiring, and  shall  include,  but  need  not  be  limited  to training in the following areas:   1. fire prevention;   2. basic criminal law;   3. first aid and cardio pulmonary resuscitation;   4. conducting investigations;   5.  rudimentary  police  work,  including issuance of summons, traffic control, and lawful use of force;   6. the proper use of restraint; and   7. any other training deemed necessary to augment such person's skills in providing necessary safety and security services for the facility.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.27 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.27 - Facility Services.

§ 13.27 Facility services.  (a)  Chapels.  The commissioner may permit any religious or missionary corporation or society or combination of such corporations and societies to erect a building on the grounds of any facility in the office for the holding of religious service, to be used exclusively for the benefit  of the  patients and employees of such facility, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the commissioner.  (b) Fire mutual aid. In cooperation with the development and operation of plans for mutual aid in cases of fire and other  public  emergencies, the  director  of a facility in the office for people with developmental disabilities, with the approval of the commissioner, may  authorize  the fire  department  of  the  facility  to  furnish  aid  to such territory surrounding the facility as may be practical in cases of fire  and  such emergencies,  having  due  regard  to  the  safety  of  the patients and property of the facility and to engage in practice and training programs in connection with the development and  operation  of  such  mutual  aid plans.  (c)  Community  stores. The commissioner may authorize the director of any facility under his jurisdiction to operate a community store  or  to lease   space  in  any  of  its  buildings  not  inconsistent  with  the requirements of the facility for the operation of a community store  for the  use  and  benefit  of the patients, visitors, and personnel of such facility. The moneys received by the director of such facility under  or pursuant  to  any such operation shall be deposited in a special fund to be known as the community store fund and shall be used for  the  general purposes   of  the  facility,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  section fifty-three of the state finance law.  (d) Laboratory services. Subject to  the  commissioner's  regulations, the  director  may agree to make the laboratory service of a facility in the office for  people  with  developmental  disabilities  available  to adjacent  local  governments and may receive, apply, and spend money for the extension of laboratory  service  according  to  the  terms  of  the agreement as approved by the commissioner.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.29 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.29 - Gifts.

§ 13.29 Gifts.  (a)  The  commissioner,  on  behalf  of the state and if in the public interest, shall accept, hold in trust, administer,  apply,  execute,  or use  gifts,  devises, bequests, grants, powers, or trusts of personal or real  property  made  to  the  state,  the  office   for   people   with developmental   disabilities,   a   facility   within  the  office,  the commissioner, or the directors or visitors of facilities which are to be used or may  be  used  for  purposes  of  the  office  for  people  with developmental   disabilities,   including,   but  not  limited  to,  the maintenance, support, or benefit of one or more patients in a facility.  (b) The commissioner, in carrying out the  provisions  of  subdivision (a)  of this section, may create or provide separate and distinct funds, investments,  and  deposits  and  regulate  their  use,  transfer,   and withdrawal.  He  may dispose of a power or trust upon its expiration and according to its terms.  (c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section apply to gifts,  devises, bequests,  grants,  powers,  or trusts given to, received, or applied by the state, the commissioner, the office for  people  with  developmental disabilities,  or facilities thereof and predecessor officers, agencies, or facilities prior to as well as subsequent to the  enactment  of  this section.