Instructs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to make available on the office website, information regarding the process for individuals to obtain eligibility for services and to seek access to services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5347
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 26, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
mental Disabilities
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.
LBD02381-04-9
