10/24/07 N.Y. St. Reg. OMH-11-07-00007-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
Amendment of Part 550 of Title 14 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Mental Hygiene Law, sections 7.09 and 31.35; and Executive Law, section 845-b
Subject:
National criminal history background checks for certain providers of mental health services.
Purpose:
To implement a nondiscretionary statutory requirement to conduct national criminal history background checks of certain providers of mental health services.
Text or summary was published
in the notice of proposed rule making, I.D. No. OMH-11-07-00007-P, Issue of March 14, 2007.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Joyce Donohue, Office of Mental Health, 44 Holland Ave., 8th Fl., Albany, NY 12229, (518) 474-1331, e-mail:
cocbjdd@omh.state.ny.usAssessment of Public Comment
The agency received no public comment.