Information for Individuals and Families

• Family Support Services - These are services that are designed to assist families in providing care for their loved ones with developmental disabilities who live full-time in their family home.

• Budget Message from the Commissioner November 12, 2008.

• People First Initiative

• Information about the Five Year Plan

• Eligibility for OMRDD Services

  • Eligibility for OMRDD Services Important Facts (PDF Version). - Text-Only Version.

  • Transmittal for Determination of Developmental Disability Form (PDF Version). This verification of an individual's qualifying developmental disability is required for determination of eligibility for OMRDD services. The form is also available in Microsoft Word  - Fillable Version.

  • Instructions for Completion of the Transmittal for Determination of Eligibility for OMRDD Services (PDF Version). - Text-Only Version.

• How to Pay for OMRDD Services Programs and Services - English Version    Spanish Version

• OMRDD General Policy Clarification on New Enrollments for OMRDD Medicaid Funded Programs and Services

• Information Line- Are you looking for information about supports and services for New Yorkers who have developmental disabilities?

• Access to Mental Hygiene Records in New York State. (CQC Page) -  PDF format

• Overnight Summer Camps for adults with developmental disabilities.

• Health Care

  • Guidelines on Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders is a summary of some of the most frequently used provisions of the OMRDD reguations regarding DNR orders (14 NYCRR section 633.18).

  • Joint OMRDD/DOH letter clarifying authority of health care agents
  • Medicare Part D: NYS OMRDD regulations and forms authorize specified individuals to enroll a beneficiary who is unable to enroll himself or herself in a Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan.
  • Guide for Choosing a Residential Service Provider
  • Health Care Choices
  • Medicaid Managed Care Information can help people find out more about Medicaid managed care in New York State.

• OMRDD's Task Force on Special Dentistry

• Dentistry Locations- Listing of Dentistry Locations by County.

• Medicaid Disqualified or Excluded Providers List

• Parent to Parent - This organization offers support for parents of people who have mental retardation and developmental disabilities.

• Self-Advocacy Association of NYS, Inc. - This organization is comprised of individuals who have developmental disabilities. Their mission is to advocate for supports and services, as well as to build public awareness and understanding of developmental disabilities.

• Person Centered Planning - Explanation of individualized services for New Yorkers with developmental disabilities.

• Acronym List
• Provider Associations Listing - These umbrella organizations represent various nonprofit agencies that provide supports and services to individuals with developmental disabilities across the State.
• Links to other Government Sites - is a listing of other New York State, federal or local governmental agencies that may provide useful information related to services for individuals and their families.
• Options for People Through Services (OPTS) - a consumer-driven organized healthcare delivery approach to providing supports and services to individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in New York State.