Navigating The Office For People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) System: Oversight, Rights And Remedies – Video Replay
Over 126,000 New Yorkers are people with intellectual or other developmental disabilities. They are children and adults with a range of abilities and needs. The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is responsible for assuring that services rendered are of high quality and effectiveness while engaging in oversight functions with other agencies so that the civil rights of people receiving services are protected.
Navigating the OPWDD system can be extremely challenging. This continuing legal education program is designed to demystify the OPWDD system and promote effective advocacy for people with disabilities and their families. A panel of experts will address:
- Establishing eligibility for OPWDD services
- Supports and services available in the OPWDD system
- Role and function of Care Management Organizations
- Willowbrook Consent Decree
- Role of oversight agencies; and the
- Rights of people receiving services
- December 9, 2021
- 12:00 PM
- 2:00 PM
- 2.0
- 2.0
- Virtual Participation
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
10:05 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
Panel Discussion. Topics include:
Overview of Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
a) Eligibility
b) Medicaid Funding
c) Available Supports and Services
d) Willowbrook Class
Care Coordination Organizations
a) Structure
b) Role and Function
Oversight
a) Justice Center
b) Protection and Advocacy
c) Mental Hygiene Legal Service
d) Consumer Advisory Board and Class Counsel
Resident Rights
a) Informed Consent for Treatment, Vaccinations, Behavioral Interventions
b) Objections to Care and Treatment
c) Life Sustaining Treatment Decisions
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Questions and Answers
- Webinar
- 0KG41Z
- Elder Law & Special Needs Section
- Committee on Disability Rights
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
