§ 463-A — Statewide registry

§ 463-a. Statewide registry. 1. There shall be established in the\ndepartment a statewide registry on community residential facilities.\nThe department shall develop, in cooperation with the state agencies\nresponsible for the planning, administration, licensing, regulation and\noperation of community residential facilities, a uniform data base for a\nstatewide registry to include, but not be limited to, the following\ninformation:\n (a) the nature or type of such community residence for the disabled\nincluding the class of disabled persons it is intended to serve;\n (b) the title of the sponsoring agency responsible for the operation\nof such community residence;\n (c) the geographical area in which such community residence is\nlocated, including but not limited to street address, municipality,\nlocal school district and health systems agency;\n (d) the number of clients or residents authorized to live within such\ncommunity residences; and\n (e) the licensing authority of such community residence.\n 2. (a) The department shall, no later than December fifteenth,\nnineteen hundred eighty-three and annually thereafter, prepare a report\nto the governor and the legislature including the following information:\n (i) a registry of all community residences presently operating in\nthis state including the types of services provided, the number of\npersons served, the number of persons authorized to reside therein, the\nlicensing authority by which it is governed and the municipality in\nwhich it is located; and\n (ii) the number of persons in the state presently receiving placement\nin a community residence including the general type of services being\nprovided and the municipality in which they are provided.\n (b) The department shall prepare for inclusion in the annual report\nrequired by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of this chapter to be\nfiled with the governor and the legislature prior to December fifteenth\nof each year an analysis of the information as previously described in\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision so as to improve the ability of such\nstate agencies responsible for the planning, administration, licensing,\nregulation and operation of such community residences to effectively\nidentify existing and future needs for persons and services in different\nareas and coordinate their planning efforts to meet such needs.\n 3. The department shall provide or cause to be provided technical\nassistance, within available resources, to municipalities which intend\nto establish similar coordinated planning functions as described in this\nact.\n