Bill Text: NY A06344 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-25 - signed chap.542 [A06344 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06344-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6344
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 6, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, M. L. MILLER -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Mental Health
        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; 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:
     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  residential,  respite,  employment, habilitation, and self-directed
     6  services. Such information shall be presented with flow charts or  other
     7  visual  aids as determined appropriate by the commissioner of the office
     8  for people with developmental disabilities to aid in the  awareness  and
     9  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 and shall expire on December 31, 2021.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02381-01-9