2021 New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6 - Children
Title 4-B - Services; Pregnant Adolescents
409-K - Case Plan and Service Record.

§  409-k.  Case  plan  and  service  record.  1.  With respect to each
individual who is  identified  as  requiring  case  management  services
pursuant  to  this  title,  the  social  services district shall, within
thirty days of such identification, perform or have performed an initial
joint  assessment  with  the  individual,  and   other   persons   where
appropriate,  for the purpose of identifying those problems that have an
impact on  family  stability  and  hinder  the  potential  for  economic
independence. A social services district shall prior to implementing the
provisions  of  this  title  submit a plan for a service case management
system to the commissioner for approval.
  2. Upon completion of the assessment provided in  subdivision  one  of
this  section,  the social services district shall, in consultation with
the  individual,  establish  and  maintain  or  have   established   and
maintained  a  case  plan  and  service  record  prescribed  pursuant to
regulations  of  the  department  which  shall  include  at  least   the
following:
  (a)  identification  of  short  term  and  long range goals which will
ameliorate the problems indicated in subdivision one  of  this  section.
Such  identification  shall  also include an estimate of the time period
necessary to meet these goals;
  (b) identification of services needed by the client, and a description
of the available resources in the community to meet identified needs; if
services are not available the record should reflect such;
  (c) documentation of the arrangements made for  the  referral  of  the
client to service providers;
  (d)  listing  of all services rendered, both direct and those provided
by other public and private agencies in the community;
  (e) follow-up action  taken  to  assure  clients  are  in  receipt  of
services,  and  any  actions taken to remove any existing barriers which
impede the maximum efficiency of service delivery; and
  (f) recordation of the types, cost and auspices of services provided.
  3. The case plan and service record  shall  be  reviewed  and  may  be
revised,  in  consultation  with the individual, at least once every six
months after the plan and record have been prepared. Such  review  shall
include  an evaluation of the effectiveness of services rendered and any
necessary revisions in goals  or  planned  services  as  they  meet  the
objectives  indicated  in  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  two  of this
section.
  4. The case plan and service record shall include information for  the
purpose  of  obtaining  information  regarding services rendered and the
cost of such services based on assessed values or the value of  services
rendered,  where  no  fees  are  charged  as  in other publicly financed
programs together with such other information  as  may  be  required  by
rules and regulations of the department.
  5.  The  department  is authorized and directed to make such rules and
regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.