13.43 – First Responder Training.
* § 13.43 First responder training. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, the office of fire prevention and control, the municipal police training council, and the superintendent of state police, shall develop a training program and associated training materials, to provide instruction and information to firefighters, police officers and emergency medical […]
13.43*2 – Disabilities Identification Card.
* § 13.43 Disabilities identification card. (a) The commissioner shall develop an identification card denoting that a person has been medically diagnosed with a developmental disability. Such identification card may be presented to law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel as necessary. (b) Upon the request of a person with developmental disabilities, or the […]
13.37 – Powers of the Office and Commissioner in Relation to the Planning and Referral of Children With Developmental Disabilities for Adult Services.
§ 13.37 Powers of the office and commissioner in relation to the planning and referral of children with developmental disabilities for adult services. (a) As used in this section: 1. “report” means a report submitted to the office pursuant to subparagraph five of paragraph b of subdivision one of section forty-four hundred two of the […]
13.37-A – Transitional Care.
§ 13.37-a Transitional care. (a) For purposes of this section, “transitional care” shall mean care and maintenance of persons: 1. who were placed in foster care by a social services district pursuant to article six of the social services law and who have become twenty-one years of age, or who were placed in a residential […]
13.38 – Additional Duties of the Office With Respect to Persons Receiving Transitional Care.
§ 13.38 Additional duties of the office with respect to persons receiving transitional care. (a) The office shall, in consultation with the department of social services, the education department, the office of mental health, and the council on children and families, develop a plan and implement procedures to help assure that all persons who are […]
13.39 – Registration and Notification of Boards of Directors or Trustees of Certain Voluntary Not-for-Profit Facilities or Corporations.
§ 13.39 Registration and notification of boards of directors or trustees of certain voluntary not-for-profit facilities or corporations. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, the executive director, chairperson or president of a voluntary, not-for-profit corporation or facility which is subject to the jurisdiction of the office for people with developmental disabilities shall furnish […]
13.40 – People First Waiver Program.
§ 13.40 People first waiver program. (a) The commissioner and the commissioner of health shall jointly establish a people first waiver program for purposes of developing a care coordination model that integrates various long-term habilitation supports and/or health care. The people first waiver program shall include the use of developmental disability individual support and care […]
13.41 – Integrated Employment Plan.
* § 13.41 Integrated employment plan. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the developmental disabilities advisory council, shall establish a plan to increase employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. The plan shall include, but not be limited to: (1) identification of strategies to increase competitive employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities, including students […]
13.41*2 – Retaliatory Personnel Actions.
* § 13.41 Retaliatory personnel actions. Employees of facilities, programs and providers operated, licensed, certified, authorized or funded by the office shall have protection from retaliatory action from employers as provided for in sections seven hundred forty and seven hundred forty-one of the labor law. * NB There are 2 § 13.41’s
13.42 – Autism Spectrum Disorders Advisory Board.
§ 13.42 Autism spectrum disorders advisory board. (a) There is hereby established within the office the autism spectrum disorders advisory board. Such board shall consist of twenty-four members, fifteen of whom shall be appointed and nine of whom shall serve ex officio. Of the appointed members, three shall be appointed by the governor, three shall […]