Bill Text: NY S07291 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the services provided for the care demonstration program established by the office for people with developmental disabilities, the monitoring of such program and the effectiveness thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-07 - SIGNED CHAP.377 [S07291 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07291-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7291
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2017, relating to requiring the
          office for people with developmental  disabilities  to  establish  the
          care  demonstration  program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
          S. 5681 and A. 7399-A, in relation to the services provided, the moni-
          toring of such program and the effectiveness  thereof;  and  providing
          for the repeal of certain provisions of such chapter relating thereto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws  of  2017,  relating  to
     2  requiring  the  office  for  people  with  developmental disabilities to
     3  establish the care demonstration program,  as  proposed  in  legislative
     4  bills numbers S. 5681 and A. 7399-A is REPEALED.
     5    § 2. Sections 1, 3 and 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2017, relating to
     6  requiring  the  office  for  people  with  developmental disabilities to
     7  establish the care demonstration program,  as  proposed  in  legislative
     8  bills numbers S. 5681 and A. 7399-A, are amended to read as follows:
     9    Section 1. (a) The commissioner of the office for people with develop-
    10  mental  disabilities  shall establish the care demonstration program, to
    11  utilize the state workforce to provide community based care to  individ-
    12  uals with developmental disabilities.
    13    (b)  The  services  provided  by these pilots [shall] may include, but
    14  shall not be limited to:
    15    (i) community habilitation;
    16    (ii) in-home respite;
    17    (iii) pathways to employment;
    18    (iv) supported employment (SEMP); and
    19    (v) community prevocational services.
    20    § [3] 2. The commissioner of the office for people  with  disabilities
    21  shall  promulgate  all  rules and regulations necessary to implement the
    22  provisions of this section.
    23    § [4] 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and
    24  be  deemed  repealed  March  31, [2021] 2020; provided however, that all
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act shall
     2  have been promulgated prior to such effective date.
     3    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     4  manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2017,  relating  to  requiring  the
     5  office  for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care
     6  demonstration program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  5681
     7  and A. 7399-A, takes effect.