New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter B - Public Assistance
Article 2 - Determination of Eligibility-Categorical
Part 368 - Aid To The Aged, Blind Or Disabled
Section 368.6 - Planning for employment, rehabilitation and training-aid to the disabled
Universal Citation: 18 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 368.6
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) The social services district shall, when circumstances so require, provide:
(1) Medical and other diagnostic
examinations, when not otherwise obtainable, for the purpose of determining an
applicant's or recipient's eligibility or potential for rehabilitation or
training.
(2) Medical care, when
not available through other agencies, to assist in restoring a recipient to a
condition of self-support.
(b) The social services official shall:
(1) Require an applicant or recipient, as a
condition of eligibility for assistance and care, to:
(i) undergo a medical examination or other
diagnostic assessment necessary for the purpose of determining his eligibility
or suitability for training or rehabilitation.
(ii) accept referral to or enroll in a
program of vocational rehabilitation or training when such as deemed
appropriate and when the recipient has no reasonable objection.
(2) Require an unemployed
applicant or recipient who has a known history of drug abuse and who is unable
to provide medical verification necessary for him to be declared employable, to
accept referral to and to participate in an approved treatment program in
accord with the following:
(i) if the
applicant or recipient is known to or has a preference for a particular
recognized agency, his choice shall be given consideration;
(ii) if enrollment in a treatment agency of
his choice is not available, he must choose enrollment in an agency where
placement is immediate until an opening occurs in his preferred agency;
and
(iii) an individual who refuses
treatment from a recognized agency or makes himself unavailable for treatment
or terminated his treatment program shall be considered ineligible for public
assistance and such ineligibility shall continue until the individual has
demonstrated his willingness to cooperate by actual participation in an
approved treatment program for a period of 30 days; except that where an
individual is destitute, and shelter and maintenance are not otherwise
available, they shall be provided on an in-kind basis during the 30 day
period.
(3) Refer to the
local agency's services division to deal with personal factors, such as
personality, behavior characteristics, attitude to work, or lack of skills and
family problems which prevent or limit persons in their achievement of stable
employment.
(4) Identify the
possible need for help from public and voluntary agencies and other community
resources, in the field of vocational rehabilitation, health, vocation and
educational facilities and programs including such agencies as rehabilitation
centers and workshops, cooperating hospitals or clinics, community action
agencies and neighborhood centers and refer the recipient to the local agency's
division of services for such help.
(5) Insure that staff is informed of the
functions and services of available training and rehabilitation services, both
public and private.
(6) Identify
the recipient's need for literacy training and refer to the local agency's
division of services for such help.
(7) Identify each marginally and potentially
employable person and refer to the local agency's division of services for the
restoration of health, aptitude, and capabilities or the development of new
aptitudes and skills so that they may receive manpower services.
(8) Identify the recipient's need for
restorative medical services including provision of hearing aids, eye glasses
and prosthetic devices through the MA program and refer to the local agency's
division of services when such services are not available through the MA
program.
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