§ 5.07 Establishment of statewide comprehensive plans of services for\n persons with mental disabilities.\n (a) (1) The behavioral health services advisory council and the\nadvisory council on developmental disabilities shall provide\nrecommendations for statewide priorities and goals to guide\ncomprehensive planning, resource allocation and evaluation processes for\nstate and local services for persons with mental illness, developmental\ndisabilities, and/or those with substance use or compulsive gambling\ndisorders. Such goals and objectives shall:\n a. be measurable in terms of attainment and focused on outcomes for\nthose being served;\n b. be developed in collaboration with, and communicated to, providers\nof services, department facilities, consumers and consumer\nrepresentatives, and other appropriate state and local governmental\nagencies;\n c. reflect the partnership between state and local governmental units;\nand\n d. emphasize the need to integrate behavioral health and health\nservices.\n (2) Such advisory councils shall accomplish their duties by means of a\nprocess which is:\n a. open, visible and accessible to the public; and\n b. consistent with the statewide and federally mandated planning,\nappropriation and evaluation processes and activities for services to\npersons with mental disabilities.\n (3) The advisory councils are hereby empowered to hold public hearings\nand meetings to enable them to accomplish their duties.\n (b) Statewide comprehensive plan for services to persons with mental\ndisabilities.\n (1) The office of mental health, the office for people with\ndevelopmental disabilities and the office of alcoholism and substance\nabuse services shall formulate a statewide comprehensive five-year plan\nfor the provision of all state and local services for persons with\nmental illness, developmental disabilities, and/or those with substance\nuse or compulsive gambling disorders. The statewide comprehensive plan\nshall be based upon an analysis of local services plans developed by\neach local governmental unit, in consultation with consumers, consumer\ngroups, providers of services and departmental facilities that furnish\nbehavioral health services in conformance with statewide priorities and\ngoals established with recommendations of the behavioral health services\nadvisory council and the advisory council on developmental disabilities.\nThe plan shall:\n a. identify statewide priorities;\n b. specify statewide goals that reflect the statewide priorities and\nare focused on obtaining positive measurable outcomes;\n c. propose strategies and initiatives to address the priorities and\nfacilitate achievement of statewide goals;\n d. identify services and supports, which may include programs run or\nled by peers, that are designed to promote the health and wellness of\npersons with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and/or\nsubstance use or compulsive gambling disorders;\n e. provide analysis of current and anticipated utilization of state\nand local, and public and private facilities, programs, services, and/or\nsupports;\n f. encourage and promote person-centered, culturally and\nlinguistically competent community-based programs, services, and\nsupports that reflect the partnership between state and local\ngovernmental units;\n g. include progress reports on the implementation of both short-term\nand long-term recommendations of the children's plan required pursuant\nto section four hundred eighty-three-f of the social services law; and\n h. include final reports for time-limited demonstration programs\npursuant to subdivision (d) of section 41.35 of this chapter.\n (2) The commissioner of mental health shall also include the following\nin the portion of the statewide comprehensive plan required by this\nsubdivision for services to persons with mental illness:\n a. an analysis of the long-term need for the delivery of inpatient\ncare and services for adults and c
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