New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE › Chapter XIV - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities › Part 679 - Clinic Treatment Facilities › Section 679.1 - Introduction and intent

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) This Part
				establishes standards for participation in the provision of approved clinical
				services (see glossary and also section
				679.3[j] 
				of this Part) in a clinic treatment facility (see glossary) serving persons
				with developmental disabilities (see glossary). The operating certificate
				issued to a clinic treatment facility pursuant to this Part shall specify the
				clinical service areas, by discipline, approved, and the clinic certified
				setting(s) (by address[es]) under whose auspices said services are approved for
				delivery.
(b) Evidence of
				compliance with this Part along with Parts 633, 624, and 635 of this Title
				serve as the principal bases for the certification and recertification by the
				Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) (see glossary) of a
				clinic treatment facility serving persons with developmental
				disabilities.
(c) The purpose of a
				clinic treatment facility is to serve principally persons (see subdivision [e]
				of this section) with developmental disabilities and their collaterals (see
				glossary) as stipulated herein, either at a main clinic site certified by OPWDD
				or at a certified satellite site (see glossary) listed by address on the
				facility's operating certificate or, prior to April 1, 2016, off-site, by:
(1) Providing clinical services of
				principally a habilitative clinical nature to ameliorate or limit the disabling
				condition or other disease, illness, or condition through the provision of
				professional assessments and therapies, to persons, who because of their
				developmental disability, require such services to remain in or move to the
				least restrictive residential and/or day setting; or because such services are
				unavailable or inaccessible in the person's community.
(2) Providing services to a person through
				his/her collateral(s) for the purposes of enhancing the effectiveness of the
				treatment; enabling the person to remain in the family or placement setting as
				long as desired; and/or enhancing the person's quality of life.
(3) Providing convenient access to clinical
				services, including services available at nontraditional business hours, in
				nontraditional settings, making use of treatments delivered at certified
				satellite sites and, prior to April 1, 2016, when authorized,
				off-site.
(4) Providing access to
				clinical services to a person locate d in his/ her residence or other temporary
				location via telehealth (see glossary) while the provider is located either at
				a main clinic site certified by OPWDD or at a certified satellite site (see
				glossary)
(5) Providing clinical
				services that are not duplicative or substitutive of services provided by
				existing clinic treatment facilities. However, services described by the same
				clinical procedure code may be provided to address different clinical needs as
				documented in the clinic treatment plan. The treatment coordinator must
				document in the clinic treatment plan the coordination of similar clinical
				services provided to ensure there is no duplication of services.
(6) Providing quality services through the
				use of staff who hold the certification or licensure appropriate to their
				discipline and by program and/or staff affiliations with training institutions
				that can provide a source of continuing education as required to maintain
				current licensure.
(7) Offering
				managed health care (see glossary) as part of approved medical services (see
				section
				679.3[j][3] 
				of this Part) when serving as the person's principal care provider, by
				providing medical and/or dental care as well as coordinating tertiary medical
				care services, where it can be demonstrated that the generic health care system
				is either unavailable, without the specific capacity to provide quality
				services, inaccessible, and/or unable to serve such persons.
(8) Providing clinical services that are not
				duplicative of early intervention services authorized through an early
				intervention plan (EIP) or school or preschool supportive health services
				authorized through an individualized education plan; or duplicative of services
				available through the intermediate care facility for individuals with
				intellectual disabilities program, OPWDD operated or certified residential or
				day programs, or OPWDD funded home and community based services
				(HCBS).