New York State Assembly

 
•  Summary 
 
•  Actions 
 
•  Committee Votes 
 
•  Floor Votes 
 
•  Memo 
 
•  Text 
 
•  LFIN 
 
•  Chamber Video/Transcript 

A06344 Summary:

A06344 Actions:

A06344 Committee Votes:

Committee:MENTAL HEALTH   Chair:Gunther      
DATE:04/30/2019AYE/NAY:11/0  Action: Favorable         
Gunther
Aye
Miller
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Mikulin
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Absent
Richardson
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Fernandez
Aye
Frontus
Aye

A06344 Floor Votes:

A06344 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A6344A
 
SPONSOR: Gunther

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act in relation to making available information
regarding the process for individuals to obtain eligibility for services
offered by the office for people with developmental disabilities
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL
 
To make available on the office website information on services offered
by the 0PWDD and to establish a better understanding of the service
delivery process effected individuals and their families can take to
obtain eligibilty and receive such services.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires OPWDD to post on its website information regarding
the procees for individuals to obtain eligibilty for services
 
Section 2 is the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is a
large, complex agency that provides services to thousands of people. It
is often difficult for people seeking services and their families to
navigate the system. This bill would require OPWDD to make information
available relating to the Front Door Process,
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERMENTS:
 
None to State
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

A06344 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6344--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 6, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, M. L. MILLER -- read once and referred
          to the Committee  on  Mental  Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT in relation to making available information regarding the process
          for individuals to obtain eligibility  for  services  offered  by  the
          office for people with developmental disabilities
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The front door process. The commissioner of the office  for
     2  people  with  developmental  disabilities  shall  make  available on the
     3  office website, information regarding the  process  for  individuals  to
     4  obtain  eligibility for services and to seek access to services, includ-
     5  ing, but not limited to, residential, respite, employment, habilitation,
     6  and self-directed services. Such information  shall  be  presented  with
     7  flow  charts  or  other  visual  aids  as  determined appropriate by the
     8  commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to
     9  aid in the awareness and understanding of the service delivery process.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02381-03-9

A06344 LFIN:

 
NO LFIN

A06344 Chamber Video/Transcript: