Bill Text: NY S01109 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "people first act of 2014"; defines terms; ensures that individuals with developmental disabilities who utilize long-term care services under the medical assistance program administered by the state have meaningful access to a reasonable array of community-based and institutional program options to ensure the well-being of such individuals.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8452 [S01109 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1109
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens. MAZIARZ, GALLIVAN, GRISANTI, KENNEDY -- read twice
         and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
         on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
       AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
         "people first act of 2013"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  the "people first act of 2013".
    3    S  2.  Legislative  findings.  It  is the intent of the legislature to
    4  ensure that individuals  with  developmental  disabilities  who  utilize
    5  long-term  care  services under the medical assistance program and other
    6  long-term care related benefit programs administered by the  state  have
    7  meaningful  access to a reasonable array of community-based and institu-
    8  tional program options and to ensure the well-being of individuals  with
    9  developmental  disabilities,  taking  into  account  their  informed and
   10  expressed choices. Furthermore, the legislature declares that it is  the
   11  policy  of  the  state  to  ensure  that the clinical, habilitative, and
   12  social needs of individuals with developmental disabilities  who  choose
   13  to  reside  in  integrated community-based settings can have those needs
   14  met in integrated community-based settings.  In  order  to  meaningfully
   15  comply  with  this  policy,  the state must have an understanding of the
   16  existing capacity  in  integrated-community  based  settings,  including
   17  direct  support professionals and licensed professionals, such as physi-
   18  cians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurses, and psychiatrists, as well
   19  as residential capacity to provide for these needs.
   20    It is further the intent of the legislature to support  the  satisfac-
   21  tion  and  success of consumers through the delivery of quality services
   22  and supports. Evaluation of the services that consumers receive is a key
   23  aspect to the service system. Utilizing the information  that  consumers
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02298-01-3
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    1  and  their  families provide about such services in a reliable and mean-
    2  ingful way is also critical to enable the commissioner of  developmental
    3  disabilities  to  assess  the  performance  of the state's developmental
    4  services  system and to improve services for consumers in the future. To
    5  that end, the commissioner of developmental disabilities shall conduct a
    6  geographic analysis of supports and services in community  settings  and
    7  implement  an improved, unified quality assessment system, in accordance
    8  with this act.
    9    S 3. Section 13.15 of the mental hygiene law is amended  by  adding  a
   10  new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
   11    (D)  (1)  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
   12  HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   13    (I) "DIRECT  SUPPORT  PROFESSIONALS"  MEANS  DIRECT  SUPPORT  WORKERS,
   14  DIRECT CARE WORKERS, PERSONAL ASSISTANTS, PERSONAL ATTENDANTS, AND PARA-
   15  PROFESSIONALS  THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
   16  DISABILITIES IN THE FORM OF DAILY LIVING, AND PROVIDE THE  HABILITATION,
   17  REHABILITATION, AND TRAINING NEEDS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
   18    (II)  "LICENSED  PROFESSIONALS"  MEANS,  BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, PHYSI-
   19  CIANS, DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, DENTAL ASSISTANTS, NURSE PRACTITION-
   20  ERS,  LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSES,  REGISTERED  NURSES,   PSYCHIATRISTS,
   21  PSYCHOLOGISTS,  LICENSED  MASTER  SOCIAL  WORKERS,  OR LICENSED CLINICAL
   22  SOCIAL WORKERS, LICENSED TO PRACTICE PURSUANT TO THE EDUCATION  LAW  AND
   23  OTHER QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
   24    (III)  "SUPPORTS  AND  SERVICES"  MEANS  DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS,
   25  LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, AND RESIDENTIAL  SERVICES,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
   26  LIMITED  TO,  PRIVATE  RESIDENCES,  COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING ARRANGE-
   27  MENTS, SUPPORTED RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS, SUPERVISED RESIDENTIAL  PROGRAMS,
   28  OR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS.
   29    (2)  SUBJECT  TO  AVAILABLE  APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, THE COMMISSIONER
   30  SHALL CONDUCT A GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SUPPORTS AND SERVICES IN COMMUNI-
   31  TY SETTINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THIS ANALY-
   32  SIS SHALL ALSO IDENTIFY GAPS BETWEEN REQUIRED SUPPORTS AND  SERVICES  BY
   33  REGION OF THE STATE.
   34    (3)  IN ORDER TO PERFORM THE GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OR TO GATHER DATA FOR
   35  PURPOSES OF PERFORMING THE GEOGRAPHIC  ANALYSIS,  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY
   36  WORK  IN  COOPERATION  AND  AGREEMENT WITH OTHER OFFICES, DEPARTMENTS OR
   37  AGENCIES OF THE STATE, LOCAL OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OR  OTHER  ORGANIZA-
   38  TIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.
   39    (4)  IN  CONDUCTING THIS ACTIVITY, THE COMMISSIONER, SUBJECT TO AVAIL-
   40  ABLE APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, SHALL  DEVELOP  AND  UTILIZE  A  WEB-BASED
   41  DATA-BASE  WHICH  PRIORITIZES  THE  URGENCY  OF  NEED  FOR  SUPPORTS AND
   42  SERVICES. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED SHOULD  ALLOW  THE  COMMISSIONER  TO
   43  CATEGORIZE  NEEDS  FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES WITHIN A FRAME-
   44  WORK THAT ENCOMPASSES THREE LEVELS OF URGENCY OF NEEDS. THESE  LEVEL  OF
   45  SUPPORT  NEEDS  SHOULD  INCLUDE:  EMERGENCY NEED, FOR THOSE PERSONS WITH
   46  DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN  NEED  OF  IMMEDIATE  SUPPORT  EITHER  DAY
   47  SUPPORT  OR  IN-HOME  OR  OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT; CRITICAL NEED FOR THOSE
   48  INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL HAVE A NEED FOR SUPPORTS  OR  SERVICES  WITHIN  ONE
   49  YEAR  AND  PLANNING  FOR NEED, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE SUPPORT NEEDS
   50  ARE ONE TO FIVE YEARS AWAY, OR WHERE  THE  CAREGIVER  IS  AGE  SIXTY  OR
   51  OLDER.
   52    (5)  SUCH  AN ANALYSIS SHOULD INCLUDE THE STATEWIDE NUMBER OF INDIVID-
   53  UALS SEEKING SERVICES, INCLUDING AWAITING PLACEMENT BROKEN DOWN INTO THE
   54  TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FROM WITHIN  EACH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITY
   55  SERVICES  OFFICE'S  GEOGRAPHIC AREA WHO AWAIT RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT, DAY
   56  SERVICE SUPPORT, HOME AND  COMMUNITY-BASED  WAIVER  SUPPORT,  EMPLOYMENT
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    1  SUPPORT,   BEHAVIORAL   HEALTH   SERVICES   AND   SUPPORTS,   OR   OTHER
    2  COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT. SUCH INFORMATION SHOULD BE GROUPED BY  THE  AGE
    3  OF  THE  INDIVIDUAL AWAITING COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS AND THE AGE
    4  OF  THEIR  CAREGIVER, IF ANY. SUCH INFORMATION SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE WAIT-
    5  LIST AND PLACEMENT INFORMATION SUCH AS:
    6    (I) THE TYPE OF SUPPORTS AND SERVICES SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE EXPECTED TO
    7  REQUIRE  DIVIDED  INTO  CERTIFIED  OUT-OF-HOME,  SUPERVISED,  SUPPORTIVE
    8  PLACEMENT  NEEDS  AND  OTHER  NON-PLACEMENT NEEDS AND THE NUMBER OF SUCH
    9  PERSONS WHO ARE MEDICALLY FRAIL REQUIRING INTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE;
   10    (II) NON-CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL  PLACEMENTS  OUTSIDE  THE  PARENT'S  OR
   11  PARENTS' OR OTHER CAREGIVER'S HOME;
   12    (III) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EXPECTED TO REQUIRE HOME AND COMMUNITY
   13  SERVICES WAIVER-FUNDED HABILITATION SERVICES AT HOME;
   14    (IV)  THE  TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS IN
   15  NEED OF SUPPORTS AND SERVICES  WHO  HAVE  RECEIVED  THESE  SUPPORTS  AND
   16  SERVICES  AND  ANY  GAP  BETWEEN  REQUIRED SUPPORTS AND SERVICES AND THE
   17  SUPPORTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED;
   18    (V) THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY NEED RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENTS FOR  THE  PAST
   19  YEAR AND OTHER SUPPORTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS;
   20    (VI)  THE  NUMBER  OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING SUPPORTS
   21  AND SERVICES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, WHOSE CURRENT LIVING SITU-
   22  ATION IS NOT ADEQUATE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND WHO ARE AWAITING AN ALTER-
   23  NATIVE PLACEMENT OR ALTERNATIVE SUPPORT AND SERVICE DELIVERY OPTIONS;
   24    (VII) PROJECTED FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED AS  IN
   25  NEED OF SERVICES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FOUR OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   26    (VIII) AN UPDATED FIVE YEAR PROJECTION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL REQUIRE
   27  EITHER ADDITIONAL IN-HOME SUPPORTS AND SERVICES AND/OR OUT-OF-HOME RESI-
   28  DENTIAL PLACEMENTS; AND
   29    (IX) ANY OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   30    (6)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PREPARE  ANNUALLY FOR THE GOVERNOR, THE
   31  LEGISLATURE AND THE STATE COMMISSION ON QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE MENTALLY
   32  DISABLED A WRITTEN EVALUATION REPORT CONCERNING THE DELIVERY OF SUPPORTS
   33  AND SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. ON OR BEFORE MARCH FIRST, IN  EACH  YEAR,
   34  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF SUCH REPORT, AND SUCH RECOMMEN-
   35  DATION AS HE OR SHE DEEMS APPROPRIATE, TO THE  GOVERNOR,  THE  TEMPORARY
   36  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE RESPECTIVE
   37  MINORITY LEADERS OF EACH SUCH HOUSE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE STATE  COMMIS-
   38  SION ON QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED. THE FIRST SUCH REPORT
   39  SHALL  BE  DUE  BY  NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN. THE
   40  REPORT SHALL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND SHALL BE PUBLISHED
   41  ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE IN AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION AT THE SAME  TIME  AS
   42  ITS SUBMISSION TO STATE OFFICIALS.
   43    S  4.  Subdivision  (c) of section 16.01 of the mental hygiene law, as
   44  added by chapter 234 of the laws of 1998,  paragraph  1  as  amended  by
   45  chapter 37 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   46    [(c)]  (J) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commis-
   47  sioner, or his OR HER  designee,  may  require  from  any  hospital,  as
   48  defined  under article twenty-eight of the public health law, any infor-
   49  mation, report, or record necessary for the purpose of carrying out  the
   50  functions, powers and duties of the commissioner related to the investi-
   51  gation  of  deaths  and  complaints  of  abuse, mistreatment, or neglect
   52  concerning persons with developmental disabilities who receive services,
   53  or had prior to death received services, in a  facility  as  defined  in
   54  section  1.03 of this chapter, or are receiving medicaid waiver services
   55  from the office for people with developmental disabilities in a non-cer-
   56  tified setting, and have been treated at such hospitals.
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    1    (2) Any information, report, or record requested by  the  commissioner
    2  or  his OR HER designee pursuant to this subdivision shall be limited to
    3  that information that the  commissioner  determines  necessary  for  the
    4  completion of this investigation.
    5    (3)  The information, report or record received by the commissioner or
    6  his OR HER designee pursuant to this subdivision  shall  be  subject  to
    7  section two thousand eight hundred five-m, section eighteen, as added by
    8  chapter four hundred ninety-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred eight-
    9  y-six,  and  article  twenty-seven-F  of  the public health law, section
   10  33.13 of this chapter, and any applicable federal statute or regulation.
   11    S 5. Section 16.01 of the mental hygiene  law  is  amended  by  adding
   12  seven  new  subdivisions (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) to read as
   13  follows:
   14    (C) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING BUT
   15  NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDERS OF  SERVICES  FOR  PERSONS  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL
   16  DISABILITIES,  CONSUMER  REPRESENTATIVES INCLUDING PERSONS WITH DEVELOP-
   17  MENTAL DISABILITIES, OR THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS,  CORRESPONDENTS  AND
   18  OTHER  INTERESTED  PERSONS,  SHALL IDENTIFY A VALID AND RELIABLE QUALITY
   19  ASSURANCE INSTRUMENT THAT INCLUDES ASSESSMENTS OF  CONSUMER  AND  FAMILY
   20  SATISFACTION,  PROVISION OF SERVICES, AND PERSONAL OUTCOMES. THE INSTRU-
   21  MENT SHALL DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   22    (1) PROVIDE NATIONALLY VALIDATED,  BENCHMARKED,  CONSISTENT,  RELIABLE
   23  AND MEASURABLE DATA FOR THE OFFICE'S QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
   24    (2) ENABLE THE COMMISSIONER AND ENTITIES CONTRACTED BY THE COMMISSION-
   25  ER  TO  COORDINATE  AND/OR DELIVER SUPPORTS AND SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH
   26  DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  HEALTH  HOMES
   27  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE-L OF THE SOCIAL
   28  SERVICES  LAW  OR  OTHER  MANAGED  CARE ENTITIES AS APPROVED PURSUANT TO
   29  SECTION FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THREE-F OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW  TO
   30  COMPARE  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF  NEW  YORK'S DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES SYSTEM
   31  AGAINST OTHER STATES' DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES SYSTEMS AND TO ASSESS QUAL-
   32  ITY AND PERFORMANCE AMONG ALL  OF  THE  MANAGED  CARE  AND  SERVICE  AND
   33  SUPPORT ENTITIES STATEWIDE.
   34    (3) INCLUDE OUTCOME-BASED MEASURES SUCH AS HEALTH, SAFETY, WELL-BEING,
   35  RELATIONSHIPS,  INTERACTIONS  WITH  PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A DISABILITY,
   36  EMPLOYMENT, QUALITY OF LIFE, INTEGRATION, CHOICE, SERVICE, AND  CONSUMER
   37  SATISFACTION.
   38    (D) TO THE EXTENT THAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, THE INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED
   39  IN SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION MAY BE EXPANDED TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL
   40  DATA  REQUESTED  BY OTHER OFFICES, DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES OF THE STATE,
   41  LOCAL OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
   42    (E) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONTRACT  WITH  AN  INDEPENDENT  AGENCY  OR
   43  ORGANIZATION  TO  IMPLEMENT BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, THE
   44  QUALITY ASSURANCE  INSTRUMENT  DESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISION  (C)  OF  THIS
   45  SECTION. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE EXPERIENCED IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   46    (1)  DESIGNING  VALID  QUALITY ASSURANCE INSTRUMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL
   47  SERVICE SYSTEMS.
   48    (2) TRACKING OUTCOME-BASED MEASURES SUCH AS HEALTH,  SAFETY,  WELL-BE-
   49  ING, RELATIONSHIPS, INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A DISABILI-
   50  TY,  EMPLOYMENT,  QUALITY  OF  LIFE,  INTEGRATION,  CHOICE, SERVICE, AND
   51  CONSUMER SATISFACTION.
   52    (3) DEVELOPING DATA SYSTEMS.
   53    (4) DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORT PREPARATION.
   54    (5) ASSESSMENTS OF THE SERVICES RECEIVED BY CONSUMERS  WHO  ARE  MOVED
   55  FROM  DEVELOPMENTAL  CENTERS  TO  THE COMMUNITY, GIVEN THE LEGISLATURE'S
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    1  HISTORIC RECOGNITION OF A SPECIAL OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THE WELL-BEING OF
    2  THESE PERSONS.
    3    (F) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR DESCRIBED IN
    4  SUBDIVISION  (E)  OF  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL ESTABLISH THE METHODOLOGY BY
    5  WHICH THE QUALITY ASSURANCE INSTRUMENT SHALL BE ADMINISTERED, INCLUDING,
    6  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HOW OFTEN AND TO WHOM THE QUALITY ASSURANCE WILL  BE
    7  ADMINISTERED,  AND  THE  DESIGN OF A STRATIFIED, RANDOM SAMPLE AMONG THE
    8  ENTIRE POPULATION OF CONSUMERS SERVED BY  SERVICE  PROVIDERS,  INCLUDING
    9  ANY  NEWLY  APPROVED MANAGED CARE ENTITIES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE
   10  AGGREGATE INFORMATION FOR ALL SERVICE  PROVIDERS  AND  THE  STATE  AS  A
   11  WHOLE.  AT THE REQUEST OF A CONSUMER OR THE FAMILY MEMBER OF A CONSUMER,
   12  THE SURVEY SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE OF THE CONSUMER OR
   13  FAMILY MEMBER SURVEYED.
   14    (G) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COLLECT  DATA  FOR  THE  QUALITY  ASSURANCE
   15  INSTRUMENT  DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION. IF, DURING THE
   16  DATA COLLECTION  PROCESS,  THE  COMMISSIONER  IDENTIFIES  ANY  SUSPECTED
   17  VIOLATION OF THE LEGAL, CIVIL, OR SERVICE RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER, OR IF IT
   18  DETERMINES  THAT  THE  HEALTH AND WELFARE OF A CONSUMER IS AT RISK, THAT
   19  INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION
   20  ON QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED  AND  ANY  REGIONAL  ENTITY
   21  PROVIDING  CASE  MANAGEMENT  SERVICES TO THE CONSUMER. AT THE REQUEST OF
   22  THE CONSUMER, OR FAMILY, WHEN  APPROPRIATE,  A  COPY  OF  THE  COMPLETED
   23  SURVEY  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION ON QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE
   24  MENTALLY DISABLED AND ANY  REGIONAL  ENTITY  PROVIDING  CASE  MANAGEMENT
   25  SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE CONSUMER'S QUALITY OF SERVICES THROUGH THE INDI-
   26  VIDUAL PLANNING PROCESS.
   27    (H) THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS, SHALL ANNUAL-
   28  LY REVIEW THE DATA COLLECTED FROM AND THE FINDINGS OF THE QUALITY ASSUR-
   29  ANCE  INSTRUMENT DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION AND ACCEPT
   30  RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ADDITIONAL OR DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR THE QUAL-
   31  ITY ASSURANCE INSTRUMENT IN ORDER  TO  ASSESS  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF  THE
   32  STATE'S  DEVELOPMENTAL  SERVICES SYSTEM AND IMPROVE SERVICES FOR CONSUM-
   33  ERS.
   34    (I) ALL REPORTS GENERATED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  MADE
   35  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE,  BUT  SHALL  NOT  CONTAIN  ANY PERSONAL IDENTIFYING
   36  INFORMATION ABOUT ANY PERSON ASSESSED.
   37    S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.