Bill Text: NY S05347 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-25 - signed chap.542 [S05347 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05347-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5347 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 26, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop- mental Disabilities 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. LBD02381-04-9