STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6344--A
                               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  --  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