* § 4403-g. Developmental disability individual support and care\ncoordination organizations. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n (a) "Developmental disability individual support and care coordination\norganization" or "DISCO" means an entity that has received a certificate\nof authority pursuant to this section to provide, or arrange for, health\nand long term care services, as determined by the commissioner and the\ncommissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities,\non a capitated basis in accordance with this section, for a population\nof persons with developmental disabilities, as such term is defined in\nsection 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, which the organization is\nauthorized to enroll.\n (b) "Eligible applicant" means an entity controlled by one or more\nnon-profit organizations which have a history of providing or\ncoordinating health and long term care services to persons with\ndevelopmental disabilities.\n (c) "Habilitation services" means services available through the\nstate's home and community based services waiver for persons with\ndevelopmental disabilities, state plan for medical assistance, and any\nother authorized federal funding for such services designed to assist\npersons in acquiring, retaining, and improving the self-help,\nsocialization, and adaptive skills necessary to reside successfully in\nhome and community based settings.\n (d) "Health and long term care services" means comprehensive health\nservices and other services as determined by the commissioner and the\ncommissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities,\nwhether provided by state-operated programs or not-for-profit entities,\nincluding, but not limited to, habilitation services, home and\ncommunity-based and institution-based long term care services, and\nancillary services, that shall include medical supplies and nutritional\nsupplements, that are necessary to meet the needs of persons whom the\nplan is authorized to enroll. Each person enrolled in a DISCO shall\nreceive health and long term care services designed to achieve\nperson-centered outcomes, to enable that person to live in the most\nintegrated setting appropriate to that person's needs, and to enable\nthat person to interact with nondisabled persons to the fullest extent\npossible in social, workplace and other community settings, provided\nthat all such services are consistent with such person's wishes to the\nextent that such wishes are known and in accordance with such person's\nneeds.\n 2. Approval authority. An applicant shall be issued a certificate of\nauthority as a DISCO for purposes of participating in the people first\nwaiver program pursuant to section 13.40 of the mental hygiene law upon\na determination by the commissioner and the commissioner of the office\nfor people with developmental disabilities that the applicant complies\nwith the operating requirements for a DISCO under this section.\n 3. Application for certificate of authority; form. The commissioner\nand the commissioner of the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities shall jointly develop application forms for a certificate\nof authority to operate a DISCO. An eligible applicant shall submit an\napplication for a certificate of authority to operate a DISCO upon forms\nprescribed by such commissioners. Such eligible applicant shall submit\ninformation and documentation to the commissioner which shall include,\nbut not be limited to:\n (a) A description of the service area proposed to be served by the\nDISCO with projections of enrollment that will result in a fiscally\nsound plan;\n (b) A description of the services to be covered by such DISCO, which\nmust include all health and long term care services, as defined in\nparagraph (d) of subdivision one of this section, and other services as\ndetermined by the commissioner and the commissioner of the office for\npeople with developmental disabilities;\n (c) A description of the propos
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