Assembly Bill A8452

Vetoed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "people first act of 2014"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8452 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1109
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง13.15 & 16.01, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6420
2015-2016: S3643

2013-A8452 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2013-A8452 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8452

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Mental Health

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
  "people first act of 2014"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "people first act of 2014".
  S  2.  Legislative  findings.  It  is the intent of the legislature to
ensure that individuals  with  developmental  disabilities  who  utilize
long-term  care  services under the medical assistance program and other
long-term care related benefit programs administered by the  state  have
meaningful  and reliable access to a reasonable array of community-based
and institutional program options and to ensure the well-being of  indi-
viduals  with  developmental  disabilities,  taking  into  account their
informed and expressed choices. Furthermore,  the  legislature  declares
that  it is the policy of the state to ensure that the clinical, habili-
tative, and social needs of individuals with developmental  disabilities
who  choose  to  reside  in integrated community-based settings can have
those needs met in integrated  community-based  settings.  In  order  to
meaningfully comply with this policy, the state must have an understand-
ing  of  the  existing  capacity in integrated community-based settings,
including direct support professionals and licensed professionals,  such
as physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurses, and psychiatrists,
as well as residential capacity to provide for these needs.
  It  is  further the intent of the legislature to support the satisfac-
tion and success of consumers through the delivery of  quality  services
and supports. Evaluation of the services that consumers receive is a key
aspect  to  the service system. Utilizing the information that consumers
and their families provide about such services in a reliable  and  mean-
ingful  way is also critical to enable the commissioner of developmental
disabilities to assess the  performance  of  the  state's  developmental
services  system and to improve services for consumers in the future. To
that end, the commissioner of developmental disabilities shall conduct a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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