New York Mental Hygiene Law Article 13 - OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

• 13.01 - Declaration of Policy.
  13.01 Declaration of policy. The state of New York and its local governments have a responsibility for the prevention and early detection of developmental disabilities...
• 13.03 - Definitions.
  13.03 Definitions. As used in this title: 1. "office" means the office for people with developmental disabilities. 2. "commissioner" means the head of the office...
• 13.05 - Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council.
  13.05 Developmental disabilities advisory council. (a) There is hereby established a developmental disabilities advisory council. The council shall consist of the commissioner, the chairman of...
• 13.06 - Annual Plan.
  13.06 Annual plan. The commissioner shall submit an annual plan to the director of the budget for his review and approval. Such annual plan shall...
• 13.07 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities; Scope of Responsibilities.
  13.07 Office for people with developmental disabilities; scope of responsibilities. (a) The office for people with developmental disabilities shall assure the development of comprehensive plans,...
• 13.09 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner; How Exercised.
  13.09 Powers of the office and commissioner; how exercised. (a) The commissioner shall exercise all powers vested in the office. He or she may delegate...
• 13.11 - Organization and Administration of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities and Its Facilities.
  13.11 Organization and administration of the office for people with developmental disabilities and its facilities. (a) The commissioner shall have the professional jurisdiction, supervision, and...
• 13.13 - Local Services.
  13.13 Local services. Local services for persons with developmental disabilities shall be planned, financed and implemented in accordance with the provisions of article forty-one of...
• 13.15 - Programs of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities.
  13.15 Programs of the office for people with developmental disabilities. (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordinate, evaluate, and conduct programs and services...
• 13.16 - Fiscal Year Report.
  13.16 Fiscal year report. (a) Every provider of service furnishing services to persons defined in paragraph (e) of subdivision three of section two hundred nine...
• 13.17 - Programs, Services, and Operations in the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities.
  13.17 Programs, services, and operations in the office for people with developmental disabilities. (a) The commissioner shall establish policy and procedures for the organization, administration,...
• 13.19 - Personnel of the Office; Regulations.
  13.19 Personnel of the office; regulations. (a) The commissioner may, within the amounts appropriated therefor, appoint and remove in accordance with law and applicable rules...
• 13.21 - Directors of State Operations Offices and Developmental Disabilities Regional Offices in the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities.
  13.21 Directors of state operations offices and developmental disabilities regional offices in the office for people with developmental disabilities. (a) The directors of both the...
• 13.23 - Education and Training Programs.
  13.23 Education and training programs. (a) The commissioner shall have the power to establish such programs of training and education related to developmental disabilities as...
• 13.24 - Sheltered Workshops, Work Activity and Day Training Services.
  13.24 Sheltered workshops, work activity and day training services. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings. a. "Sheltered...
• 13.25 - Safety.
  13.25 Safety. (a) The commissioner and the directors of facilities under his jurisdiction may designate safety officers to act as special policemen whose duty it...
• 13.27 - Facility Services.
  13.27 Facility services. (a) Chapels. The commissioner may permit any religious or missionary corporation or society or combination of such corporations and societies to erect...
• 13.29 - Gifts.
  13.29 Gifts. (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the state and if in the public interest, shall accept, hold in trust, administer, apply, execute, or...
• 13.31 - Disposition of Moneys and Securities.
  13.31 Disposition of moneys and securities. (a) The commissioner, or the officer or employee of the office designated by him or her, shall: 1. Receive...
• 13.33 - Boards of Visitors.
  13.33 Boards of visitors. (a) Each state operations office under the jurisdiction of the commissioner shall have a minimum of one board of visitors consisting...
• 13.34 - On-Site Client Advocacy in Developmental Centers.
  13.34 On-site client advocacy in developmental centers. 1. There shall be at each developmental center facility listed in section 13.17 of this article, an ombudsman...
• 13.35 - Actions Against Persons Rendering Professional Services At the Request of the Office; Defense and Indemnification.
  13.35 Actions against persons rendering professional services at the request of the office; defense and indemnification. The provisions of section seventeen of the public officers...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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,...
• 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,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...

Last modified: February 3, 2019