N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 41.36: Community residential facilities

§ 41.36 Community residential facilities.

The commissioner of developmental disabilities shall establish a

procedure, subject to the approval of the state comptroller, whereby

payments in addition to the personal allowance of an individual living

in a community residential facility may be made to providers of services

for one or more of the following needs of individuals residing in such

facilities, limited to two hundred fifty dollars per individual per year

and paid semi-annually in the manner specified by such procedures:

(a) Replacement of necessary clothing;

(b) Personal requirements and incidental needs of individuals residing

in the facility;

(c) Recreational and cultural activities of individuals residing in

the facility. Such payments may be made from monies appropriated to the

office for this purpose. Such payments shall be audited by the office

pursuant to an audit plan approved by the comptroller.