2023 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.
(c-1)   1.   In   carrying  out  the  responsibilities  identified  in
subdivision  (c)  of  this  section,  the  office  shall   ensure   that
applications  for  eligibility determinations and service authorizations
are processed in a timely manner. The office shall  complete  processing
of the application within a processing period of one hundred twenty days
of   receipt  of  such  application  transmitted  via  the  internet  or
electronic mail.
2. Where the application is not reasonably  clear  or  omits  required
information,  or  where  the  office  reasonably suspects fraud based on
specific information available to the office, the  office  shall  notify
the  applicant  in writing within thirty calendar days of the receipt of
such application and request the specific information needed to  process
such application. Provided, however, that the processing period shall be
tolled  from  the date of notice to the applicant to the date of receipt
of the complete application by the office.
3. Upon receipt of the information requested in paragraph two of  this
subdivision,  the  office  shall  complete  processing  of  the complete
application within the remaining days of the processing period.
(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.