§ 473. Protective services. 1. In addition to services provided by\nsocial services officials pursuant to other provisions of this chapter,\nsuch officials shall provide protective services in accordance with\nfederal and state regulations to or for individuals without regard to\nincome who, because of mental or physical impairments, are unable to\nmanage their own resources, carry out the activities of daily living, or\nprotect themselves from physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse,\nactive, passive or self neglect, financial exploitation or other\nhazardous situations without assistance from others and have no one\navailable who is willing and able to assist them responsibly. Such\nservices shall include:\n (a) receiving and investigating reports of seriously impaired\nindividuals who may be in need of protection;\n (b) arranging for medical and psychiatric services to evaluate and\nwhenever possible to safeguard and improve the circumstances of those\nwith serious impairments;\n (c) arranging, when necessary, for commitment, guardianship, or other\nprotective placement of such individuals either directly or through\nreferral to another appropriate agency, provided, however, that where\npossible, the least restrictive of these measures shall be employed\nbefore more restrictive controls are imposed;\n (d) providing services to assist such individuals to move from\nsituations which are, or are likely to become, hazardous to their health\nand well-being;\n (e) cooperating and planning with the courts as necessary on behalf of\nindividuals with serious mental impairments; and\n (f) other protective services for adults included in the regulations\nof the department.\n 2. (a) In that the effective delivery of protective services for\nadults requires a network of professional consultants and services\nproviders, local social services districts shall plan with other public,\nprivate and voluntary agencies including but not limited to health,\nmental health, aging, legal and law enforcement agencies, for the\npurpose of assuring maximum local understanding, coordination and\ncooperative action in the provision of appropriate services.\n (b) Each social services district shall prepare, with the approval of\nthe chief executive officer, or the legislative body in those counties\nwithout a chief executive officer, after consultation with appropriate\npublic, private and voluntary agencies, a district-wide plan for the\nprovision of adult protective services which shall be a component of the\ndistrict's multi-year consolidated services plan as required in section\nthirty-four-a of this chapter. This plan shall describe the local\nimplementation of this section including the organization, staffing,\nmode of operations and financing of the adult protective services as\nwell as the provisions made for purchase of services, inter-agency\nrelations, inter-agency agreements, service referral mechanisms, and\nlocus of responsibility for cases with multi-agency services needs.\nCommencing the year following preparation of a multi-year consolidated\nservices plan, each local district shall prepare annual implementation\nreports including information related to its adult protective services\nplan as required in section thirty-four-a of the social services law.\n (c) Each social services district shall submit the adult protective\nservices plan to the department as a component of its multi-year\nconsolidated services plan and subsequent thereto as a component of its\nannual implementation reports and the department shall review and\napprove the proposed plan and reports in accordance with the procedures\nset forth in section thirty-four-a of this chapter.\n 3. Any social services official or his designee authorized or required\nto determine the need for and/or provide or arrange for the provision of\nprotective services to adults in accordance with the provision of this\nsection, shall have immunity from any civil liability that m
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