2006 New York Code - Early And Periodic Screening Diagnosis And Treatment Outreach Demonstration Projects.

 
    *  §  365-d.    Early  and  periodic screening diagnosis and treatment
  outreach demonstration projects.   1.   In  accordance  with  applicable
  federal  requirements  and to the extent that federal matching funds are
  available, the department is authorized, subject to the approval of  the
  director  of  the  budget,  to  enter  into contractural agreements with
  public and/or private organizations to develop and implement  a  maximum
  of  five  early  and periodic screening diagnosis and treatment outreach
  demonstration projects.  Such outreach demonstration projects may  serve
  a  social  services  district,  more  than  one  district,  or part of a
  district.  In approving such outreach demonstration  project  plans  the
  department  shall  consider  the effectiveness of each proposed outreach
  demonstration project in meeting the following objectives:
    (a) increasing the participation of eligible households in  the  early
  and periodic screening diagnosis and treatment program;
    (b)  promoting  client  understanding  of  the  goals of the early and
  periodic screening diagnosis and treatment program and the services this
  program provides;
    (c) providing a better understanding among eligible households of  the
  importance of preventive health care;
    (d) informing eligible households of the supportive services available
  from  local  social  services  officials,  and  from  public and private
  organizations, to enable such households to participate in the early and
  periodic screening diagnosis and treatment  program,  and  how  eligible
  households may obtain these supportive services;
    (e)   providing   eligible   households   with  a  list  of  providers
  participating  in  the  early  and  periodic  screening  diagnosis   and
  treatment program; and
    (f)  assisting  eligible households in recognizing the importance of a
  continuing relationship with appropriate medical providers and assisting
  such households in establishing this relationship.
    2.  In order to accomplish the objectives set forth in subdivision one
  of this section, early and periodic screening  diagnosis  and  treatment
  outreach demonstration project proposals shall include:
    (a) plans for achieving personal contact with eligible households;
    (b)  the  number of staff positions to be included in such an outreach
  demonstration  project,  and  the  job  descriptions  of   these   staff
  positions;
    (c)  the  follow  up  services  to  be  provided  to  help assure that
  appointments are kept;
    (d) health education and informational materials  to  be  provided  to
  eligible  households  and  the  methods  to  be  utilized in making such
  materials available to eligibles households;
    (e) plans for media announcements;
    (f) the extent of the involvement, if any, of participating households
  in promoting the goals of the early and periodic screening diagnosis and
  treatment program;
    (g) methods for reaching illiterate, blind or other parents  for  whom
  written  material  is  inappropriate;  and (h) any other information the
  department may deem appropriate.
    3.  The department is authorized to provide  technical  assistance  to
  public   and/or   private  organizations  submitting  plans  for  and/or
  conducting early and periodic screening diagnosis and treatment outreach
  demonstration projects, in order to help assure effective implementation
  of such projects.
    4.  The department is authorized to promulgate rules  and  regulations
  and  to  take  any  other  measures it deems necessary for the effective
  implementation  of  the  early  and  periodic  screening  diagnosis  and
  treatment outreach demonstration projects.
    5.    Non  federal  expenditures  for  the  purposes specified in this
  section shall be fully borne by the state.
    * NB Expired June 30, 1983