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 Develop- mental 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 Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) The commissioner of the office for people with develop- 2 mental disabilities shall establish the care demonstration program, to 3 utilize the state workforce to provide community based care to individ- 4 uals with developmental disabilities. 5 (b) The services provided by these pilots shall include, but shall not 6 be limited to: 7 (i) community habilitation; 8 (ii) in-home respite; 9 (iii) pathways to employment; 10 (iv) supported employment (SEMP); and 11 (v) community prevocational services. 12 § 2. The office for people with developmental disabilities shall moni- 13 tor the quality and effectiveness of the demonstration programs, and 14 shall report such results to the governor, the temporary president of 15 the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, no later than December 31, 16 2020. 17 § 3. The commissioner of the office for people with disabilities shall 18 promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to implement the 19 provisions of this section. 20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 21 deemed repealed March 31, 2021; provided however, that all rules and 22 regulations necessary for the implementation of this act shall have been 23 promulgated prior to such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