§ 13.38 Additional duties of the office with respect to persons\nreceiving transitional care.\n (a) The office shall, in consultation with the department of social\nservices, the education department, the office of mental health, and the\ncouncil on children and families, develop a plan and implement\nprocedures to help assure that all persons who are at the age or time to\nfirst qualify for transitional care, as described in section 13.37-a of\nthis article, and for whom the office has accepted planning\nresponsibilities, receive assistance in locating an appropriate and\navailable residential placement or plan of services, within the state\nand within the system of care subject to the jurisdiction of the office,\nprior to the age or time at which they would otherwise have qualified\nfor transitional care, if such individuals had become twenty-one or\nbecome ineligible for educational services prior to July first, nineteen\nhundred ninety-six. For purposes of this section, the age or time at\nwhich a person would qualify for transitional care is twenty-one for\npersons in foster care, and the end of the school year in which they\nbecome twenty-one for persons in residential schools.\n (b) The office shall, in consultation with the department of social\nservices, the education department, the office of mental health, and\nthe council on children and families, develop a plan and implement\nprocedures to help assure that all persons in transitional care\nreceive assistance in locating appropriate and available placements\nwithin the adult care systems supervised or funded by the office, and to\nmonitor the health and safety of persons receiving transitional\nfunding pursuant to section 13.37-a of this article. In connection with\nthe plans and procedures, the office shall establish standards governing\nthe quality of care provided to such persons by the residential\nprograms, including standards relating to the development and monitoring\nof written individual services plans for each such person, the\ninvolvement of the individual and, unless the individual objects,\nparents, guardians or other persons interested in the care of such\npersons in the development of written individual services plans, and\nthe investigation of complaints relating to the quality of care or\nservices provided to such persons. In appropriate circumstances, the\noffice shall work with the individual and, unless the individual\nobjects, the parents, guardians or other family members to help\ndetermine what services would be necessary to enable the family to\nprovide care for the person at their home or in an independent community\nsetting, and shall provide or assist in arranging for those services to\nthe extent funds are available for that purpose.\n (c) The office shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the\ndepartment of social services to facilitate access by the office to\nchild care facilities providing transitional care to young adults as may\nbe necessary for the office to meet its responsibilities for monitoring\nthe care of the young adults.\n (d) The office shall enter into memorandums of understanding with the\ndepartment of social services and the state education department to\naddress any requirements of those departments relating to the removal of\nany person receiving transitional care from a child care facility or\nresidential school whose continuation in such facility or school may\nadversely affect the health, safety or welfare of children residing in\nthe facility or school. The memorandum shall set forth the procedures\nthe office will follow in offering a placement or services in the adult\ncare system, if necessary and appropriate, on an expedited basis, or any\nother procedures for assuring alternative care and services are\navailable to the young adult, and the manner in which the department of\nsocial services or state education department will be informed of the\nprogress of those effo
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