I. PURPOSE The purpose of this administrative directive is to inform social services districts of new policies and procedures to be followed when authorizing or reauthorizing personal care services. These policy and procedural changes reflect amendments to subdivisions (a), (b) and (g) of the Department's Personal Care Services regulations (505.14), as required by Section 367-k of the Social Services Law (SSL), as added by Section 23 of Chapter 165 of the Laws of 1991 and amended by Sections 71-73 of Chapter 41 of the Laws of 1992.
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