Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities, Commission on

Agency Web Site: http://cqc.ny.gov/

Mission

The Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities is charged with improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities in New York State and to protect their rights and advocate for needed change by:

Ensuring programmatic and fiscal accountability, and monitoring care and treatment of people with disabilities within the State's mental hygiene system, and making recommendations for improvements, when warranted;
Providing individual and systemic investigative and advocacy services;
Advancing the availability and use of assistive technology for persons with disabilities;
Offering impartial and informed advice, training, and recommendations on a broad range of disability issues; and
Promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of community life and ensuring that persons with disabilities are afforded the opportunity to exercise the full range of rights and responsibilities accorded to all New Yorkers.
The Commission's Advisory Council has expanded its membership to include individuals with a broader range of disabilities to better fulfill its mission in advising the Governor and Legislature regarding all New Yorkers with disabilities.

Legislation enacted in 2012-13 established the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs (Justice Center), which will transform how the State protects the over one million New Yorkers living under the care of six state agencies. Activities of the Commission will be subsumed by the Justice Center when it is operational by June 30, 2013.

Budget Highlights

The Executive Budget recommends $10.9 million for the Commission. This is a decrease of $8.47 million (44.0 percent) from the 2012-13 budget. The decrease reflects the Commission's transition to the Justice Center. The Executive Budget also recommends the transfer of 80 FTEs from the Commission to the Justice Center by June 30, 2013.

For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:

Briefing Book – Mental Hygiene (PDF)

ALL FUNDS
APPROPRIATIONS
(dollars)
Category	Available 2012-13	Appropriations Recommended 2013-14	Change From 2012-13	Reappropriations Recommended 2013-14
State Operations	18,729,000	10,745,000	(7,984,000)	14,877,000
Aid To Localities	648,000	162,000	(486,000)	0
Total	19,377,000	10,907,000	(8,470,000)	14,877,000

ALL FUND TYPES
PROJECTED LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT BY PROGRAM
FILLED ANNUAL SALARIED POSITIONS
Program	2012-13 Estimated FTEs 03/31/13	2013-14 Estimated FTEs 03/31/14	FTE Change
Program Oversight
General Fund	53	0	(53)
Special Revenue Funds - Other	25	0	(25)
Protection and Advocacy
Special Revenue Funds - Federal	2	0	(2)
Total	80	0	(80)

Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/22/2013

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