New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE › Chapter XIV - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities › Part 620 - Certification of Need for Administrative Review Projects, Substantial Review Projects and Terms of Approval for Acquisition of Property or Construction › Section 620.4 - Project planning

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The
				development of a comprehensive service delivery system to meet the needs of
				persons with developmental disabilities begins with the identification of those
				needs and the types of programs with the service capability to meet such needs.
				This shall be done through joint planning efforts on a county, regional and
				statewide basis by OPWDD, local governmental units and local health systems
				agencies. The local governmental units and local health systems agencies shall
				be given the opportunity to review operational planning documents developed by
				OPWDD, and to make recommendations to the commissioner.
(1) OPWDD shall project the number of persons
				with developmental disabilities in need, as identified by a data based system,
				on no less than a triennial basis.
(2) OPWDD shall develop a proposal for an
				ideal service/program mix to meet the needs of the identified population and
				provide this information to the following planning bodies on no less than a
				triennial basis:
(i) B/DDSO-for the services
				area under each B/DDSO's coordination;
(ii) local governmental unit-for each
				county;
(iii) health systems
				agency-for the locale within each agency's jurisdictional area.
(3) The appropriate B/DDSO,
				representing OPWDD at the local level, shall collaborate with the local
				governmental units and the health system agencies in its service area and
				assist them to the extent necessary in the development of local and regional
				plans.
(4) OPWDD, utilizing input
				from local and regional planning bodies, shall develop a statewide plan and
				operational planning documents.
(5)
				Appropriate operational planning documents, reflecting specific program
				development needs, shall be reviewed by the appropriate local governmental
				units and health systems agencies which shall be given the opportunity to
				comment upon such documents prior to actualization. It is at this time in the
				planning process that both the local governmental units and the health systems
				agencies are to consider and comment upon:
(i)
				the availability of facilities or services which may serve as alternatives or
				substitutes for the whole or any part of the proposed program and/or
				construction;
(ii) the adequacy of
				financial resources and sources of future revenue; and
(iii) the public need for the facility or
				services at the time and place and under the circumstances proposed.
(6) While planning bodies will
				have the opportunity for review of applications for certification of need at a
				subsequent time, it is at the point in the project planning process that OPWDD
				allocates funds for program development and/or construction that input from the
				local governmental units and the health systems agencies is of primary
				significance.