2799-H - State identification of comprehensive care centers for eating disorders; commissioner's written notice.

§  2799-h.  State  identification  of  comprehensive  care centers for  eating disorders; commissioner's written  notice.  1.  The  commissioner  shall  identify  a  sufficient number of comprehensive centers to ensure  adequate access to services in all regions of the state, provided  that,  to  the  extent  possible,  the  commissioner  shall  identify such care  centers geographically dispersed  throughout  the  state,  and  provided  further,  however,  that the commissioner shall, to the extent possible,  initially identify at least three such centers.    2. The commissioner's identification of a  comprehensive  care  center  for eating disorders under this article shall be valid for not more than  a  two  year  period  from  the  date  of issuance. The commissioner may  reissue such identifications for subsequent periods of up to two  years,  provided   that   the   comprehensive   care  center  has  notified  the  commissioner of any material changes in structure or operation based  on  its  original  application,  or  since  its  last  written notice by the  commissioner, and that the commissioner is  satisfied  that  the  center  continues to meet the criteria required pursuant to this article.    * 2-a.  An  applicant  may qualify for provisional identification as a  comprehensive care center for eating  disorders  if  it  meets  all  the  qualifying  criteria  of  section  twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-g of  this title except those set forth in subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a)  of subdivision one of  such  section.  Such  provisional  identification  shall be for a period of not more than two years.    * NB Repealed June 1, 2010    3.  The  commissioner  may suspend or revoke his or her written notice  upon a determination that the comprehensive care center has not met,  or  would  not  be  able  to  meet,  the  criteria required pursuant to this  article, provided, however  that  the  commissioner  shall  afford  such  center an opportunity for a hearing, in accordance with section twelve-a  of  this  chapter,  to  review the circumstances of and grounds for such  suspension or revocation and to appeal such determination.