N.Y. Social Services Law § 466-b: Care provided by authorized agencies

§ 466-b. Care provided by authorized agencies. An authorized agency as

defined in section three hundred seventy-one of this chapter shall also

be authorized to provide temporary care for persons over age twenty-one

who meet the requirements of section 7.37-a or 13.37-a of the mental

hygiene law or on whose behalf temporary payments are being made

pursuant to section 7.38 or 13.38 of the mental hygiene law, who were in

the care of the authorized agency at the time of their twenty-first

birthday, and who have remained continuously in the care of the

authorized agency since their twenty-first birthday. Notwithstanding

any inconsistent provision of law, in any case where an individual

receiving transitional funding is about to be transferred from a child

care facility to an adult placement, a transfer plan shall be prepared

by the sending facility and forwarded to the receiving facility and the

individual, and, unless the individual objects, the parents, guardian or

other family members prior to the transfer. The transfer plan shall

include any information necessary to facilitate a safe transfer, such as

specific problems, schedule for administering medications and behavior

unique to the individual.