§ 550. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

1. "Executive director" shall mean the executive director of the
justice center for the protection of people with special needs.

2. "Mental hygiene facility" shall mean a facility as defined in
subdivision six of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law and facilities
for the operation of which an operating certificate is required pursuant
to article sixteen or thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and including
family care homes. "Mental hygiene facility" also means a secure
treatment facility as defined by article ten of the mental hygiene law.
This term shall not include services defined in subparagraph four of
subdivision (a) of section 16.03 of the mental hygiene law.

3. "Reportable incident" shall have the same meaning as defined in
subdivision one of section four hundred eighty-eight of the social
services law.

4. "State oversight agency" shall mean the state agency that operates,
licenses or certifies an applicable facility or provider agency as
defined in subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-eight of the
social services law; provided however that such term shall only include
the following entities: the office of mental health, the office for
people with developmental disabilities, the office of alcoholism and
substance abuse services, the office of children and family services,
the department of health and the state education department. "State
oversight agency" does not include agencies that are certification
agencies pursuant to federal law or regulation. For purposes of this
article, "state oversight agency" shall include the justice center for
the protection of people with special needs.

5. "Vulnerable person" shall mean a person who, due to physical or
cognitive disabilities, or the need for services or placement, is
receiving services from a facility or provider agency as defined in
subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-eight of the social
services law.

6. "Individual with a disability," except as used in subdivision (b)
of section five hundred fifty-eight of this article, shall mean a person
with a disability as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two
hundred ninety-two of this chapter.