Assembly Bill A7399A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the care demonstration program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7399 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5681
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene

2017-A7399 - Summary

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program to ensure continuity of care for people with developmental disabilities.

2017-A7399 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7399
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to establishing  the
   care  demonstration  program;  and  providing  for  the repeal of such
   provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  13.09  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision (i) to read as follows:
   (I)(1)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  THE  CARE   DEMONSTRATION
 PROGRAM,  TO UTILIZE THE STATE WORKFORCE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY BASED CARE
 TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY
 THIS PILOT PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO  COMMUNITY
 HABILITATION, IN-HOME RESPITE, PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED EMPLOY-
 MENT (SEMP), AND COMMUNITY PREVOCATIONAL SERVICES.
   (2)  THE  OFFICE  SHALL  MONITOR  THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, AND SHALL REPORT SUCH RESULTS  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,
 THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
 NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (3) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
 SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed  March  31,  2020; provided however, that all rules and
 regulations necessary for the implementation of this act shall have been
 promulgated prior to such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11096-01-7

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2017-A7399A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5681
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene

2017-A7399A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program to ensure continuity of care for people with developmental disabilities.

2017-A7399A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7399--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to require the office for people with developmental disabilities
   to establish the care demonstration program; to monitor and report  on
   the  effectiveness  thereof;  and to repeal certain provisions of such
   law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. (a) The commissioner of the office for people with develop-
 mental  disabilities  shall establish the care demonstration program, to
 utilize the state workforce to provide community based care to  individ-
 uals with developmental disabilities.
   (b) The services provided by these pilots shall include, but shall not
 be limited to:
   (i) community habilitation;
   (ii) in-home respite;
   (iii) pathways to employment;
   (iv) supported employment (SEMP); and
   (v) community prevocational services.
   § 2. The office for people with developmental disabilities shall moni-
 tor  the  quality  and  effectiveness of the demonstration programs, and
 shall report such results to the governor, the  temporary  president  of
 the  senate, and the speaker of the assembly, no later than December 31,
 2020.
   § 3. The commissioner of the office for people with disabilities shall
 promulgate  all  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement   the
 provisions of this section.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed March 31, 2021; provided however,  that  all  rules  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11096-02-7

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