Title PBH, Public Health

§ 251. Powers and duties. The spinal cord injury research board\ncreated pursuant to section two hundred fifty of this title shall:\n 1. Formulate policies and procedures necessary to carry out the\nprovisions of this title;\n 2. Solicit, receive, and review applications from pu…

§ 2510. Definitions. For the purpose of this title, unless the context\nclearly requires otherwise:\n 1. "Applicant" means an eligible organization which submits a proposal\nunder subdivision six of section two thousand five hundred eleven of\nthis title.\n 1-a. "Applicant for i…

§ 2511. Child health insurance plan 1. (a) The commissioner, in\nconsultation with the superintendent, shall establish a program to the\nextent of funds available therefor through contractual arrangements with\napproved organizations to provide covered health care services cover…

§ 2515. Definitions. For the purposes of this title the following\ndefinitions shall apply:\n 1. "Eligible adolescent" means a person aged twenty-one or under who\nis at risk of becoming a parent, is pregnant, or is a parent.\n 2. "Services for eligible adolescents" means those …

§ 2515-a. Administration. 1. The department is authorized to request\nand receive community service project plans, as defined in section\ntwenty-five hundred fifteen-b of this title. Such projects shall be\nlimited to a twelve month duration but may, with the approval of such\nd…

§ 2515-b. Community service project plans. 1. Plans for community\nservice projects may be submitted to the department by not-for-profit\nagencies or by county or municipal governments, or any subdivision\nthereof. Such plan shall:\n (a) include a statement of project goals and …

§ 2515-c. Use of funds. 1. Subject to amounts made available therefor,\nsuch funds shall be made available for up to seventy-five percent of\napproved community service project plan expenditures after first\ndeducting therefrom any federal or other state funds received or to be\…

§ 2522. Programs; powers of the commissioner. In order to promote\ncomprehensive prenatal care, the commissioner is authorized to provide\nfunds, including the awarding of grants to not-for-profit\ncommunity-based organizations, local health departments, public\neducation organi…

§ 2530. Nurse-family partnership. 1. The commissioner is authorized to\nestablish, subject to federal financial participation and within amounts\nappropriated therefor, the nurse-family partnership program, a Medicaid\nprogram subject to title eleven of article five of the socia…

§ 2530-a. Payment for prenatal care special services. 1. The\ncommissioner is authorized to establish a program to provide services\nunder title eleven or title eleven-D of article five of the social\nservices law, for early and continuous prenatal care for pregnant women\nwho a…

§ 2531. Children and recovering mothers program. Subject to\nappropriation, the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner\nof alcoholism and substance abuse services, is authorized to establish\nthe children and recovering mothers program, a program aimed at\nproviding…

§ 2532. Workgroup. The commissioner, in conjunction with the\ncommissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services, shall convene a\nworkgroup of stakeholders, including but not limited to, hospitals,\nlocal health departments, obstetricians, midwives, pediatricians, and\nsub…

§ 2540. Establishment of early intervention program. There is\nestablished an early intervention program under the administration of\nthe commissioner.\n

§ 2541. Definitions. As used in this title the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires\notherwise:\n 1. "Children at risk" means children who may experience a disability\nbecause of medical, biological or environmental factors whic…

§ 2542. Comprehensive child find system and public awareness program.\n1. The commissioner shall develop a comprehensive child find system that\nensures that eligible children in the state are identified, located,\nreferred to the early intervention official and evaluated. Such …

§ 2543. Service coordinators. 1. Upon referral to the early\nintervention official of a child thought to be an eligible child by a\nparent or professional, the early intervention official shall promptly\ndesignate an initial service coordinator, selecting whenever appropriate\na…

§ 2544. Screening and evaluations. 1. Each child thought to be an\neligible child is entitled to a multidisciplinary evaluation, and the\nearly intervention official shall ensure such evaluation, with parental\nconsent.\n 2. (a) The parent may select an evaluator from the list o…

§ 2545. Individualized family services plans ("IFSP"). 1. If the\nevaluator determines that the infant or toddler is an eligible child,\nthe early intervention official shall convene a meeting, at a time and\nplace convenient to the parent, consisting of the parent, such officia…

§ 2546. Interim services. 1. Early intervention services for an\neligible child and the child's family may commence before the completion\nof the evaluation and assessment in sections twenty-five hundred\nforty-four and twenty-five hundred forty-five of this title, if the\nfollo…

§ 2547. Respite services. 1. Subject to the availability of federal\nfunds, the commissioner shall allocate a portion of such funds for\nrespite services for families of eligible children. The commissioner\nshall establish criteria for selecting families for such services, which…

§ 2547-a. Day care support services. The commissioner shall allocate\nup to one million dollars of federal funds for purposes of establishing\ntwo or more demonstration programs for the provision of day care support\nservices for eligible children which may include the use of\np…

§ 2548. Transition plan. To the extent that a toddler with a\ndisability is thought to be eligible for services pursuant to section\nforty-four hundred ten of the education law, the service coordinator\nshall notify in writing the committee on preschool special education of\nthe…

§ 2549. Due process. 1. If a parent disagrees with the determination\nof the evaluator or the local early intervention official with regard to\nthe eligibility for or provision of early intervention services or if\nsuch official fails to act within such period of time as may be …

§ 2550. Responsibilities of lead agency. 1. The lead agency is\nresponsible for the general administration and supervision of programs\nand activities receiving assistance under this title, and the monitoring\nof programs and activities used by the state to carry out this title,…

§ 2551. Coordinated standards and procedures. 1. The state early\nintervention service agencies shall jointly establish coordinated\nstandards and procedures for:\n (a) early intervention services and evaluations;\n (b) child find system and public awareness program; and\n (c) p…

§ 2552. Responsibility of municipality. 1. Each municipality shall be\nresponsible for ensuring that the early intervention services contained\nin an IFSP are provided to eligible children and their families who\nreside in such municipality. A municipality may monitor, which may…

§ 2553. Early intervention coordinating council. 1. (a) The department\nshall establish an early intervention coordinating council.\n (b) The council shall consist of thirty members, unless otherwise\nrequired by federal law, appointed by the governor. At least five\nmembers sha…

§ 2554. Local early intervention coordinating councils. 1. A local\nearly intervention coordinating council shall be established in each\nmunicipality. The council shall consist of members appointed by the\nearly intervention official. At least four members of each council shall…

§ 2556. Administrative costs. On or after July first, nineteen\nhundred ninety-four, and annually thereafter, municipalities shall be\neligible for reimbursement for administrative costs exclusive of due\nprocess costs incurred during the preceding year pursuant to this title.\n…

§ 2557. Financial responsibility and reimbursement. 1. The approved\ncosts for an eligible child who receives an evaluation and early\nintervention services pursuant to this title shall be a charge upon the\nmunicipality wherein the eligible child resides or, where the services\…

§ 2558. Responsibility for certain temporary-resident infants and\ntoddlers with disabilities. 1. Definitions. In addition to the\ndefinitions contained in section twenty-five hundred forty-one of this\ntitle, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Foster …

§ 2559. Medical assistance program payments. 1. Nothing in this title\nshall be construed to permit the department or any other state agency or\nmunicipality to reduce medical assistance or other assistance or\nservices available to eligible children.\n 2. Notwithstanding any ot…

§ 2559-a. Transportation. The municipality in which an eligible child\nresides shall, beginning with the first day of service, provide either\ndirectly, by contract, or through reimbursement at a mileage rate\nauthorized by the municipality for the use of a private vehicle or fo…

§ 2559-b. Regulations. The commissioner may adopt regulations\nnecessary to carry out the provisions of this title. In promulgating\nsuch regulations, the commissioner shall incorporate coordinated\nstandards and procedures, where applicable, and shall consider the\nregulations,…

§ 2570. Children's institutions; regular physician required. 1. Every\ninstitution in this state, operated for the express purpose of receiving\nor caring for dependent, neglected or destitute children or juvenile\ndelinquents, except hospitals, shall have attached thereto a reg…

§ 2571. Children's institutions; examination of children on admission.\n1. The administrative officer or person in charge of every institution\nin this state operated for the express purpose of receiving or caring\nfor dependent, neglected or destitute children or juvenile delin…

§ 2573. Children's institutions; inspections; reports. 1. The\nadministrative officer or person in charge and the regular physician of\nevery institution caring for children referred to in this article shall\nmake such reports concerning the physical condition and health of the\…

§ 2574. Children's institutions; environmental sanitation. Every\ninstitution caring for children referred to in this article shall comply\nwith such orders, rules and regulations respecting water supply, milk\nsupply, sewerage disposal, food handling, and other sanitary matters…

§ 2575. Children's institutions; duty of local health officer. 1. The\ncounty, part-county, city (over fifty thousand population) health\ncommissioner or district state health officer within whose jurisdiction\nany institution for the care of children, referred to in this articl…

§ 2580. Children with physical disabilities; policy. It is the policy\nof the state of New York to provide medical service for the treatment\nand rehabilitation of children with physical disabilities.\n

§ 2581. Children with physical disabilities; definitions. As used in\nthis article: 1. "Children with physical disabilities" means any persons\nunder twenty-one years of age who are disabled by reason of a defect or\ndisability, whether congenital or acquired by accident, injury…

§ 2582. Children with physical disabilities; duty of the department.\n1. The department shall on its own initiative provide, within the limits\nof the appropriations made therefor, such medical service for children\nwith physical disabilities as in the judgment of the commission…

§ 2583. Children with physical disabilities; rules and regulations;\nlimitations. 1. Such service shall be provided in accordance with rules\nand regulations established by the commissioner. The commissioner's\nrules and regulations may relate to:\n (a) the defects, disabilities…

§ 2584. Children with physical disabilities; transportation. 1. The\ndepartment shall on its own initiative provide, within the limits of the\nappropriations made therefor, such transportation for such children with\nphysical disabilities as in the judgment of the commissioner i…

§ 2585. Federal child care and adult food progam; establishment.\nThere is hereby established within the department the federal child care\nand adult food program for the purpose of providing nutritious meals to\nchildren and adults in or under the auspices of institutions provi…

§ 2586. Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires\notherwise:\n 1. "Eligible institution" means any child or adult day care\ninstitution defined in federal law, rule or regulations eligible to\…

§ 2587. Program approval. 1. Eligible institutions seeking cash\nassistance under the program shall submit an application to the\ncommissioner. Such application shall be in a format and quantity\ndetermined by the commissioner, and shall include:\n (a) a general description of t…

§ 2588. Reimbursement. 1. The total amount of cash assistance\nprovided pursuant to this title shall be limited to the amount of\nfederal funds appropriated for the program.\n 2. Eligible institutions approved by the commissioner pursuant to\nsection two thousand five hundred ei…

§ 2589. Rules and regulations. The commissioner may adopt and amend\nrules and regulations to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this\ntitle.\n

* § 2590. Emergency nutrition aid program for pregnant women and\nadolescents; establishment. The emergency nutrition aid program for\npregnant women and adolescents is established within the department of\nhealth.\n * NB Expired March 31, 1986\n