§ 34-a. Services planning requirements. 1. (a) Each social services\ndistrict shall prepare a multi-year consolidated services plan\nencompassing adult services and family and children's services, which\nshall include diversion services provided pursuant to section seven\nhundred thirty-five of the family court act.\n (b) Commencing with the years following preparation of the multi-year\nconsolidated services plan, each local district shall also be required\nto prepare an annual implementation report.\n 2. (a) The commissioner shall have authority to promulgate regulations\nspecifying the contents of both the multi-year services plan and the\nannual implementation reports, provided however that such regulations\nshall not be inconsistent with the standards of review by the\ncommissioner of such plan and reports specified in subdivision four of\nthis section.\n (b) The regulations promulgated pursuant to paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision shall require the multi-year services plan and where\nappropriate the annual implementation reports, to include a summary of\nthe understanding between the local social services district and the\ndistrict attorney's office, which outlines the cooperative procedures to\nbe followed by both parties in investigating incidents of child abuse\nand maltreatment, consistent with their respective obligations for the\ninvestigation or prosecution of such incidents, as otherwise required by\nlaw.\n 3. (a) There shall be a public hearing on the multi-year services plan\nor each annual implementation report. Commencing in nineteen hundred\neighty-two, such public hearing shall be held only after fifteen days\nnotice is provided in a newspaper of general circulation within the\ncounty. Such notice shall specifically identify the times of the public\nhearing in which the child protective services and other services\ncomponents of the multi-year services plan or annual implementation\nreports are to be considered.\n (b) Commencing in nineteen hundred eighty-two, after such hearing, the\nmulti-year services plan or the annual implementation reports shall be\nsubmitted for approval to the chief executive officer of the county or\nto the legislative body in those counties without a chief executive\nofficer. Full approval of the multi-year services plan or of the annual\nimplementation report by the chief executive officer or legislative body\nshall be required before submission of such plan or report to the\ncommissioner.\n (c) Commencing in nineteen hundred eighty-two, the multi-year services\nplan or the annual implementation reports shall not be forwarded to the\ncommissioner until at least fifteen days have passed from the date of\nthe public hearing thereon.\n 4. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the\ncommissioner shall review both the multi-year services plan and the\nannual implementation reports submitted by the social services district,\nusing standards consistent with the provisions of sections one hundred\nthirty-one-1, four hundred nine-d and four hundred twenty-three of this\nchapter, and shall notify such district, in writing, of approval of such\nplan or reports in whole or in part; provided, however, that for any\nportions not approved, the commissioner shall in writing to the district\nspecify the portions not approved, the reasons for such determination,\nthe actions required for resubmittal of such portions, and the time\nperiod of resubmittal; and provided further, that disapproval of a\nportion of such plan or report shall not render the entire plan or\nreport invalid. No portion of the multi-year services plan or of the\nannual implementation reports shall be finally disapproved until the\ndistrict has had at least one opportunity for resubmittal. Upon\nresubmittal, or if no resubmittal is made within the time specified, the\ncommissioner may grant further extensions to the district to allow it to\nresubmit any unapproved portions, or may finally disapprov
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