New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter V - Medical Facilities › Subchapter A - Medical Facilities-minimum Standards › Article 1 - General › Part 404 - INTEGRATED OUTPATIENT SERVICES › Section 404.14 - Application and Approval

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Application and Approval Process.
(1)
					 Providers that possess at least two licenses/certificates from at least two
					 separate state licensing agencies and are seeking approval to integrate
					 services for which they are licensed or certified may submit an application to
					 the state licensing agency of the host site.
(2) Applications shall be submitted in a
					 format prescribed for all applicants and reviewed by the state licensing agency
					 that regulates the services to be added, in conjunction with the state
					 licensing agency with authority for the host clinic, as appropriate.
(3) Applications shall include information
					 needed to demonstrate that the provider is:
(a) licensed or certified by the relevant
					 state licensing agencies to provide services for which the provider is seeking
					 to integrate;
(b) in compliance
					 with all applicable requirements of the relevant state licensing
					 agencies.
(c) in good standing at
					 the time of application approval. A provider is in good standing if each clinic
					 site for which the provider is licensed or certified to offer services:
(i) is licensed by the Office of Mental
					 Health and has a 1 year or greater time frame on operating certificate (Tier 3
					 providers are not eligible to participate); and/or
(ii) is certified by the Office of Alcoholism
					 and Substance Abuse Services and all of its programs have an operating
					 certificate with partial or substantial compliance (2 or 3 years);
					 and/or
(iii) has an operating
					 certificate from the Department of Health and not currently under any
					 enforcement actions;
(d)
					 in compliance with the physical plant requirements under this Part;
					 and
(e) a member of a health home
					 designated by the commissioner pursuant to section
					 365-l of
					 the Social Services Law.
(4) Applications may include but not be
					 limited to requests for information regarding services to be added and the plan
					 for implementation, staffing, operating expenses and revenues, and utilization
					 of services as they relate to integrated care services as described in this
					 Part.
(5) The applicant shall
					 supply any additional documentation or information requested by the state
					 licensing agency of the host site, in conjunction with the other state
					 licensing agencies as appropriate, within a stated timeframe of such request,
					 unless an extension is obtained. The granting of a request for an extension
					 shall be at the discretion of such state licensing agency of the host site.
					 Failure to provide the additional documentation or information within the time
					 prescribed shall constitute an abandonment or withdrawal of the application
					 without any further action from the state licensing agency.
(6) The affected state licensing agency shall
					 approve or disapprove an application in writing.
(7) Applicants may appeal the denial of an
					 application in accordance with the rules and regulations of the affected state
					 licensed agency.