N.Y. Executive Law § 550: Definitions

§ 550. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall

have the following meanings:

1. "Executive director" shall mean the executive director of the

justice center for the protection of people with special needs.

2. "Mental hygiene facility" shall mean a facility as defined in

subdivision six of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law and facilities

for the operation of which an operating certificate is required pursuant

to article sixteen or thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and including

family care homes. "Mental hygiene facility" also means a secure

treatment facility as defined by article ten of the mental hygiene law.

This term shall not include services defined in subparagraph four of

subdivision (a) of section 16.03 of the mental hygiene law.

3. "Reportable incident" shall have the same meaning as defined in

subdivision one of section four hundred eighty-eight of the social

services law.

4. "State oversight agency" shall mean the state agency that operates,

licenses or certifies an applicable facility or provider agency as

defined in subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-eight of the

social services law; provided however that such term shall only include

the following entities: the office of mental health, the office for

people with developmental disabilities, the office of alcoholism and

substance abuse services, the office of children and family services,

the department of health and the state education department. "State

oversight agency" does not include agencies that are certification

agencies pursuant to federal law or regulation. For purposes of this

article, "state oversight agency" shall include the justice center for

the protection of people with special needs.

5. "Vulnerable person" shall mean a person who, due to physical or

cognitive disabilities, or the need for services or placement, is

receiving services from a facility or provider agency as defined in

subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-eight of the social

services law.

6. "Individual with a disability," except as used in subdivision (b)

of section five hundred fifty-eight of this article, shall mean a person

with a disability as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two

hundred ninety-two of this chapter.