What's happening
This bill creates a demonstration program to provide community-based care for people with developmental disabilities and mandates reporting on its effectiveness.
Why it matters
Focuses on "community-based care". The bill aims to shift care for people with developmental disabilities from institutional settings to community-based environments, potentially fostering greater independence, integration, and quality of life for participants.
Targets a range of crucial services. By including community habilitation, in-home respite, employment pathways, and prevocational services, the program addresses both daily living supports and long-term self-sufficiency, which could impact participants' ability to live and work in their communities.
Requires state workforce participation. The mandate to use the state workforce may influence the quality, consistency, and oversight of care, as compared to private providers, and could have implications for public sector jobs and training.
Built-in accountability and possible future policy changes. The required monitoring and reporting on program effectiveness ensures that results will be evaluated, which could inform future statewide policy or funding decisions for services to people with developmental disabilities.
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Who cares
People with developmental disabilities
The program would provide community-based services including habilitation, in-home respite, employment pathways, supported employment and prevocational services.
Families and caregivers of people with developmental disabilities
In-home respite would be among the services offered through the demonstration program.
State developmental disability workers
The bill would require the program to use the state workforce to deliver community-based care.
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Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
The office would establish the program, monitor its quality and effectiveness, and report results to the governor and legislative leaders by December 31, 2020.
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Expand Disability Community Care
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 62
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Approval memo.57
- Signed chap.491
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.158
- Substituted for A7399A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
Show 2 earlier actions
- 1st report cal.951
- Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Expand Disability Care Pilots
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5681
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 25, 2017
Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
AN ACT to require the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program; to monitor and report on the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. (a) The commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities shall establish the care demonstration program, to utilize the state workforce to provide community based care to individuals with developmental disabilities.
(b) The services provided by these pilots shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(i) community habilitation;
(ii) in-home respite;
(iii) pathways to employment;
(iv) supported employment (SEMP); and
(v) community prevocational services.
§ 2. The office for people with developmental disabilities shall monitor the quality and effectiveness of the demonstration programs, and shall report such results to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, no later than December 31, 2020.
§ 3. The commissioner of the office for people with disabilities shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31, 2021; provided however, that all rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act shall have been promulgated prior to such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11074-01-7
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to require the office for people with developmental disabilities to establish the care demonstration program; to monitor and report on the effectiveness thereof; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would codify OPWDD care demonstration programs to ensure community based services continue to be offered to those with a developmental disability.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 requires the commissioner of the office of people with developmental disabilities (OPWDD) to utilize the state workforce to provide community based care, including community habilitation, in-home respite, pathways to employment, supported employment, and community prevocational services.
Section 2 requires OPWDD to monitor the program and issue a report to the Governor and Legislature no later than 12/31/2020.
Section 3 requires OPWDD to issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
Justification
This legislation would codify existing state programs. Currently, OPWDD has state employees offer certain community based programs to the developmentally disabled. These programs have proven successful and have a waiting list. These services provide critical supports to individuals who may not need residential care but are still in need of services. By codifying this program the state will be making a commitment for ensuring these services continued to be offered.
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
$840,000 is appropriated for these programs in the FY2017-18 State Budget.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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