§ 466-B — Care provided by authorized agencies

New York § 466-B

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law SOS: Social Services
• Art. 8-B: Transitional Care

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§ 466-b. Care provided by authorized agencies. An authorized agency as\ndefined in section three hundred seventy-one of this chapter shall also\nbe authorized to provide temporary care for persons over age twenty-one\nwho meet the requirements of section 7.37-a or 13.37-a of the mental\nhygiene law or on whose behalf temporary payments are being made\npursuant to section 7.38 or 13.38 of the mental hygiene law, who were in\nthe care of the authorized agency at the time of their twenty-first\nbirthday, and who have remained continuously in the care of the\nauthorized agency since their twenty-first birthday. Notwithstanding\nany inconsistent provision of law, in any case where an individual\nreceiving transitional funding is about to be transferred from a child\ncare facility to an adult placement, a transfer plan shall be prepared\nby the sending facility and forwarded to the receiving facility and the\nindividual, and, unless the individual objects, the parents, guardian or\nother family members prior to the transfer. The transfer plan shall\ninclude any information necessary to facilitate a safe transfer, such as\nspecific problems, schedule for administering medications and behavior\nunique to the individual.\n