![]() His primary diagnosis is autism spectrum disorder, but he also suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder and ADHD. has been residing at petitioner's facility since December 2015. Petitioner's program is jointly overseen by respondent, which licenses the school component part of the program, and the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), which licenses the residential program.ĭ.P. The facility is comprised of both a school and an intermediate care facility where the students live during non-school hours. Petitioner operates a private residential school for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical conditions in Sullivan County, New York. ![]() This case presents the question of whether petitioner the Center for Discovery has exhausted its administrative remedies as to respondent NYC Department of Education (NYCDE) in a case where respondent specifically ordered the amendment of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) of D.P., a 12-year-old child with autism and other disabilities, to mandate that petitioner provide additional services to D.P., yet declined to reimburse petitioner for those same services. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York (Qian Julie Wang and Deborah A. Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP, Garden City (Robert L. Petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Erika Edwards, J.), entered August 2, 2017, granting respondent's cross motion to deny the petition seeking to annul respondent's purported determination, dated August 18, 2016, which denied petitioner's request for reimbursement for special services it is providing to a child with disabilities on the ground of failure to exhaust administrative remedies, and dismissing the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78. NYC Department of Education, Respondent-Respondent. In re the Center for Discovery, Inc., Petitioner-Appellant, This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. The Research Institute will facilitate pioneering studies to inform interventions, techniques, and tools for individuals with autism, complex medical frailties, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and other complex conditions.Matter of Center for Discovery, Inc. Possible future planning may involve the creation of The Research Institute for Brain and Body Health. Children with complex disabilities from across New York State may qualify for admission and services. ![]() OPWDD’s approval in July 2017 of this 18 bed Children’s Specialty Hospital on the Center’s property in Harris, New York, was the culmination of a six-year effort by The Center for Discovery to establish this highly innovative model of care in New York State. The specialty hospital’s intense, integrated assessment and individualized treatment, coupled with the development of effective strategies that can feasibly be carried out at home or in school, will enable each child to successfully live in the least restrictive setting, and prevent potentially long-term residential placement or hospital stays. The Center for Discovery’s Children’s Specialty Hospital will provide highly specialized, short-term hospital care of New York State children with significant physical disabilities and complex autism, as well as support and training to their family, caregivers, and school district personnel. This specialty hospital will be certified by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and the NYS Department of Health. ![]() The Center for Discovery will become the second healthcare provider in New York State to have a unique Children’s Specialty Hospital that is focused on treating patients with complex disabilities.
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