N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 14 §§ 511-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 511-1.2 - Legal base

(a) Section 7.07 (a) of the Mental Hygiene Law charges the Commissioner of Mental Health with the responsibility for assuring the development of comprehensive plans, programs, and services in areas of research, prevention, care, treatment, rehabilitation, education, and training of persons with mental illness.

(b) Section 7.07 (c) of the Mental Hygiene Law gives the Commissioner of Mental Health the responsibility for seeing that persons with mental illness are provided with care and treatment, and that such care, treatment, and rehabilitation is of high quality and effectiveness.

(c) Section 7.09 of the Mental Hygiene Law grants the Commissioner of Mental Health the power and responsibility to adopt regulations that are necessary and proper to implement matters under his or her jurisdiction.

(d)42 U.S.C. § 1396d(r)(5) requires States to provide all medically necessary services that could be available under Medicaid to correct or ameliorate physical and mental illnesses and conditions that are detected in Medicaid-eligible children.

(e) 18 NYCRR § 505.38 establishes standards for the designation of qualified providers by the Department of Health to deliver EPSDT services under the New York State Medicaid program.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 14 §§ 511-1.2

Renumbered from 511.2 New York State Register July 17, 2019/Volume XLI, Issue 29, eff. 7/17/2019