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We serve New Yorkers with all kinds of disabilities by providing independent oversight of programs and services designed to meet their needs, and by offering legal, advocacy, training, information, and technical assistance services to promote their full inclusion in all aspects of community life.
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The Commission has issued a Solicitation of Interest to identify nonprofit organizations that wish to be considered for designation as the statewide agency which administers and operates Protection and Advocacy (P&A) and Client Assistance Program (CAP) services to individuals with disabilities.
for New Yorkers with Disabilities
The Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQC) is making substantial reforms to fulfill its mission to protect and advocate for all New Yorkers with disabilities.
The Commission’s Adult and Children’s Quality Assurance and Investigations Divisions are offering a two-day investigator training seminar (offered in Brooklyn) for staff members from OPWDD, OMH, OASAS, SED and DOH licensed programs who are responsible for conducting or reviewing serious incident investigations. This seminar will be limited to 30 participants to ensure ample opportunity to learn and practice concrete investigative skills.
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The NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities is seeking new members for its Advisory Council. Members of this council advise and assist the commission in developing policies, plans and programs to carry out its functions, powers and duties. The Council may consider any matter related to improving the quality of life of people with disabilities.
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Medicaid Overbillings by Peekskill Service Provider
An investigation by the New York State Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQC) has resulted in the recovery of $153,491.22 in Medicaid funds overbilled to the state by Guest House Community Services, a Peekskill-based provider of services to adults and children with developmental disabilities. Guest House agreed to repay the money under the terms of a settlement agreement reached with the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG).
Click here to read the press release.
A joint investigation by CQC and the state Inspector General's Office uncovered a range of serious problems at the Valley Ridge Center for Intensive Treatment in Norwich, a facility operated by the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). As a result, OPWDD has begun implementing a wide range of changes at the facility. CQC and the Inspector General's office also conducted broader reviews of conditions and procedures at the facility to ensure that safeguards were in place to protect the health and safety of the residents.
Click here to read the full report.
An investigation by the Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQC) has resulted in the restitution of over $115,000 in funds stolen from 16 clients of Academy Green Residences, Inc., a Kingston-based program for individuals with disabilities.
Click here to read the full news release.
The Commission has appointed five individuals to its new Psychiatric Correctional Advisory Committee. The panel will advise the Commission and its Chair, Roger Bearden, on the quality of mental health services in New York State correctional facilities, as well as ways those services can be improved.
The committee was created as part of the Special Housing Unit (SHU) Exclusion Law, which recognizes the need to provide people who are incarcerated -- and who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness -- with access to mental health treatment during their incarceration. In addition, the law provides for the removal of inmates with serious mental illness from the extreme isolation of the SHUs.
Click here to read the full news release on the appointments.
Click here to read the letter sent by CQC Chair Roger Bearden in response to the Assembly hearing that was held earlier this month to review implementation of the new SHU law.
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