New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIV - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities
Part 686 - Operation of Community Residences
Section 686.7 - Program for supervised community residences
Universal Citation: 14 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 686.7
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Principles of compliance.
(1) Supervised and supportive community
residences shall provide a plan of services developed and delivered in
accordance with the requirements of Part 671 of this Title.
(2) Admission to a supervised residence shall
be based primarily on the applicant having a diagnosis of a developmental
disability (see glossary, section
686.99 of
this Part) and that his/her need for supervision and services can adequately be
met.
(3) Clinical services
delivered by appropriately qualified parties, including assessment, direct
service, and the supervision and training of others providing services
oversight at the residence, shall be provided in accordance with each person's
need. Such services also include, but are not limited to, determining the
appropriateness of admission and continued need for service, and providing
service delivery at the residence. Clinical services delivered directly by the
residence are limited to those provided by parties in the professional titles
identified in section
686.13
of this Part. Nothing herein shall be taken to preclude person's accessing
additional clinical services outside the residence either through their day
program or any other appropriately qualified provider.
(b) Standards of certification.
(1) OPWDD shall verify that additional
written assessments, identified by those responsible for program planning, have
been obtained.
(2) OPWDD shall
verify that staff involved in planning a person's program understand why the
specific person outcomes were determined to be the most appropriate to address
the person's identified needs at this time.
(3) OPWDD shall verify that the plan of
services, on an overall basis, is being implemented as developed.
(4) OPWDD shall verify that the staff in the
community residence having program and/or supervision responsibilities for a
specific person know what their role and/or responsibilities are in carrying
out the person's plan of services.
(5) OPWDD shall verify that at least annually
there is a review, and recommendations are made on the following:
(i) that the current residential placement is
appropriate to the person;
(ii)
that the description of the person's general program activities in and out of
the residence and the person's participation in those activities reflects the
needs and interests of the person; and
(iii) that the level of the person's
participation in the neighborhood/community activities is consistent with the
person's needs and interests.
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