NY Ment Hygiene L § 41.15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 41 - Local Services 41.15 - Approved Plans and State Aid.

§ 41.15 Approved plans and state aid.  (a)  Net  operating costs of programs incurred pursuant to an approved local  services  plan  in  accordance  with  the  regulations   of   the commissioner or commissioners of the office or offices of the department having  jurisdiction of the services and approved by the commissioner or commissioners  of  the  office  or  offices  of  the  department  having jurisdiction of the services shall be eligible for state aid.  (b) Long range goals, intermediate range plans, and annual plans shall meet   requirements  for  comprehensive  services  set  for  each  local government by the commissioners of the offices of the  department  after taking  into  consideration  local  needs and available resources. These services shall be concerned with diagnosis, care, treatment, social  and vocational  rehabilitation,  community  residential services licensed by the department of mental  hygiene,  research,  consultation  and  public education,  education  and training of personnel, control and prevention of mental disabilities, and the general furtherance of mental capability and health. As part of the local services  plan  required  to  establish eligibility for state aid in accordance with the provisions herein, each local  governmental  unit  shall  submit  a  five-year  plan  and annual implementation plans and budgets which shall  reflect  local  needs  and resources, including the needs and resources available for the provision of  community  support  services,  and  the  role  of  facilities in the department in the provision of required services.  (c) Subject to regulations for special circumstances as established by the commissioner or commissioners  of  the  office  or  offices  of  the department  having  jurisdiction  of  the  services,  no  annual plan or intermediate range plan of the local governmental unit shall be approved unless it indicates that reasonable efforts are being made to extend  or improve   local  services  in  each  succeeding  local  fiscal  year  in accordance with the statewide long range goals  and  objectives  of  the department  for  the development and integration of state, regional, and local services for the mentally disabled.  (d) Beginning the first day of July, nineteen  hundred  seventy-eight, allocations  of  state aid for operating costs shall be made to eligible local governental units in advance no  more  than  ten  days  after  the beginning  of  each  quarter. Such quarterly payments shall be adjusted, when  necessary,  to  reflect  actual  eligible  net  operating   costs, projected  eligible net operating costs and appropriations available and shall be subject to audit and readjustment to comply with all applicable provisions of this article.  (e) Capital costs incurred by a local government  or  by  a  voluntary agency,  pursuant  to  an approved local services plan and in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner or commissioners of the  office or  offices  of  the  department having jurisdiction of the services and with  the  approval  of  the  commissioner   or   commissioners   having jurisdiction  of  the services, shall be eligible for state aid pursuant to the provisions of this article. Capital costs incurred by a voluntary agency shall be eligible for state aid only if incurred pursuant  to  an agreement  between  the voluntary agency and the local governmental unit where the construction is located.  Such  agreement  shall  contain  the approval  by  the  local  governmental  unit of such construction and an agreement by such unit to include the program of the voluntary agency in its plans and proposals.  (f) Services made available to  or  provided  for  children  attending public  schools, for which aid is sought pursuant to this chapter, shall be made available to or provided to all school children upon request  by the authorities of their schools.