N.Y. Social Services Law § 463-a: Statewide registry

§ 463-a. Statewide registry. 1. There shall be established in the

department a statewide registry on community residential facilities.

The department shall develop, in cooperation with the state agencies

responsible for the planning, administration, licensing, regulation and

operation of community residential facilities, a uniform data base for a

statewide registry to include, but not be limited to, the following

information:

(a) the nature or type of such community residence for the disabled

including the class of disabled persons it is intended to serve;

(b) the title of the sponsoring agency responsible for the operation

of such community residence;

(c) the geographical area in which such community residence is

located, including but not limited to street address, municipality,

local school district and health systems agency;

(d) the number of clients or residents authorized to live within such

community residences; and

(e) the licensing authority of such community residence.

2. (a) The department shall, no later than December fifteenth,

nineteen hundred eighty-three and annually thereafter, prepare a report

to the governor and the legislature including the following information:

(i) a registry of all community residences presently operating in

this state including the types of services provided, the number of

persons served, the number of persons authorized to reside therein, the

licensing authority by which it is governed and the municipality in

which it is located; and

(ii) the number of persons in the state presently receiving placement

in a community residence including the general type of services being

provided and the municipality in which they are provided.

(b) The department shall prepare for inclusion in the annual report

required by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of this chapter to be

filed with the governor and the legislature prior to December fifteenth

of each year an analysis of the information as previously described in

paragraph (a) of this subdivision so as to improve the ability of such

state agencies responsible for the planning, administration, licensing,

regulation and operation of such community residences to effectively

identify existing and future needs for persons and services in different

areas and coordinate their planning efforts to meet such needs.

3. The department shall provide or cause to be provided technical

assistance, within available resources, to municipalities which intend

to establish similar coordinated planning functions as described in this

act.