New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter V - Office Of Vocational Rehabilitation › Part 246 - Workshop Programs › Section 246.5 - Construction of rehabilitation facilities

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is
				  to provide for the construction of new buildings to serve as rehabilitation
				  facilities or to replace and/or expand space in existing rehabilitation
				  facilities.
(b) Definitions. As
				  used in this section:
(1) Agency means the
				  New York State Education Department.
(2) Rehabilitation facility means a facility
				  which is operated for the primary purpose of providing vocational
				  rehabilitation services or independent living services to handicapped
				  individuals, and which provides singly or in combination one or more of the
				  following Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with
				  Disabilities approved services for handicapped individuals:
(i) vocational rehabilitation services, which
				  shall include management, medical, psychological, social and vocational
				  services;
(ii) testing, fitting, or
				  training in the use of prosthetic and orthotic devices;
(iii) prevocational conditioning or
				  recreational therapy;
(iv) physical
				  and occupational therapy;
(v)
				  speech and hearing therapy;
(vi)
				  psychological and social services;
(vii) evaluation of rehabilitation
				  potential;
(viii) personal and work
				  adjustment;
(ix) vocational
				  training with a view toward career advancement in combination with other
				  rehabilitation services;
(x)
				  evaluation or control of specific disabilities;
(xi) orientation and mobility services and
				  other adjustment services to the blind;
(xii) transitional or extended employment for
				  those handicapped individuals who cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive
				  labor market; and
(xiii)
				  comprehensive services for independent living, including, as appropriate:
(a) intake counseling to determine the
				  client's need for specific rehabilitation services;
(b) referral and counseling services with
				  respect to attendant care;
(c)
				  counseling and advocacy services with respect to legal and economic rights and
				  benefits;
(d) independent living
				  skills, counseling and training, including such programs as training in the
				  maintenance of necessary equipment and in job-seeking skills, counseling on
				  therapy needs and programs and special programs for the blind and
				  deaf;
(e) housing and
				  transportation referral and assistance;
(f) surveys, directories and other activities
				  to identify appropriate housing and accessible transportation and other support
				  services;
(g) health maintenance
				  programs;
(h) peer
				  counseling;
(i) community group
				  living arrangements;
(j) education
				  and training necessary for living in the community and participating in
				  community activities;
(k)
				  individual and group social and recreational activities;
(l) other programs designed to provide
				  resources, training, counseling, services or other assistance of substantial
				  benefit in promoting the independence, productivity and quality of life of
				  handicapped individuals;
(m)
				  attendant care and training of personnel to provide such care; and
(n) such other services as may be necessary
				  and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Part.
(3) Construction means
				  construction of a new building, acquisition of an existing building or the
				  expansion, remodeling, alteration or renovation of existing buildings which are
				  to be utilized for rehabilitation facilities purposes, as described in
				  paragraph (2) of this subdivision; or the acquisition of initial equipment for
				  such new, newly acquired, newly expanded, remodeled, altered or renovated
				  buildings.