New York Social Services Law Title 2 - RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS

• 461 - Responsibility for Standards.
  1. The department shall promulgate and may alter or amend regulations effectuating the provisions of this title, including but not limited to establishing fiscal, administrative,...
• 461-a - Responsibility for Inspection and Supervision.
  1. The department shall be responsible for the inspection and supervision of all adult care facilities subject to the provisions of section four hundred sixty-c...
• 461-b - Provisions Related to Establishment of Adult Care Facilities.
  1. (a) Only a natural person or partnership composed only of natural persons, a not-for-profit corporation, a public corporation, a business corporation other than a...
• 461-c - Resident Care, Services and Charges.
  1. Every operator of an adult care facility, except a shelter for adults, shall execute with each applicant for admission a written admission agreement, dated...
• 461-d - Rights of Residents in Adult Care Facilities.
  1. The principles enunciated in subdivision three hereof are declared to be the public policy of the state and a copy of such statement of...
• 461-e - Records and Reports.
  1. Every adult care facility shall maintain, as public information available for public inspection under such conditions as the department shall prescribe, records containing copies...
• 461-f - Operation of Facility in Receivership.
  1. As a means of protecting the health, safety and welfare of the residents of an adult care facility subject to inspection and supervision by...
• 461-g - Termination of Admission Agreements.
  1. No adult home, residence for adults or enriched housing program which is subject to certification and supervision of the department shall terminate the admission...
• 461-h - Special Proceeding for Termination of Adult Home, Residence for Adults and Enriched Housing Program Admission Agreements.
  1. (a) A special proceeding to terminate the admission agreement of a resident of an adult home, residence for adults or enriched housing program and...
• 461-i - Planning and Development Grants for Enriched Housing Programs.
  1. The department shall, to the extent funds are available for such purpose, award planning and development grants to, and contract with, lawfully approved enriched...
• 461-j - Family Type Homes for Adults; Special Needs Funds.
  1. The commissioner shall establish a procedure whereby payments shall be made to duly certified operators of family type homes for adults for the purpose...
• 461-k - Services for Non-Residents in Certain Adult Care Facilities.
  * 1. (a) "Services for non-residents in adult homes, residences for adults and enriched housing programs" shall mean an organized program of services which the...
• 461-l - Assisted Living Program.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) "Assisted living program" means an entity or entities with...
• 461-m - Death and Felony Crime Reporting.
  * The operator of an adult home or residence for adults shall have an affirmative duty to report any death, or attempted suicide of a...
• 461-o - Complaint Investigation Procedures.
  The department shall establish procedures governing the receipt and investigation of complaints regarding the care afforded to residents of adult care facilities consistent with article...
• 461-p - Adult Care Facilities Training Program.
  The department may, within the amounts as appropriated for such purpose, establish an adult care facility training program that shall assist in the development of...
• 461-q - Temperature Standards in Adult Homes, Enriched Housing Programs and Residences for Adults.
  The commissioner of health shall promulgate rules and regulations with respect to an allowable temperature in all areas occupied by residents of an adult home,...
• 461-r - Food Services.
  1. Food services in adult care facilities shall be provided in a manner that respects the dietary needs of the residents in relation to health...
• 461-s - Enhancing the Quality of Adult Living Program for Adult Care Facilities.
  1. The commissioner of health shall establish the enhanced quality of adult living program (referred to in this section as the "EQUAL program" or the...
• 461-t - Review of Criminal History Information Concerning Prospective Direct Care Employees.
  Every adult home, enriched housing program and residence for adults shall conduct a criminal history record check of prospective direct care employees utilizing the procedures...

Last modified: February 3, 2019