What it is
- What changed
- The adopted regulation amended New York adult-home rules to limit the percentage of residents with serious mental illness in adult homes with certified capacity of 80 or more, require transitional adult homes to create and implement compliance plans acceptable to the Department, and add penalties for failure to comply with amended Part 487.
- Why it matters
- Serious mental illness in adult-home settings creates care-quality, transition, and family-monitoring issues. This row is a regulatory anchor for disability/chronic-condition residential-policy tracking.
- Who it touches
- Family caregivers, Care providers and plans, People receiving care, Businesses and agencies that must complypeople with serious mental illness, adult home residents, family caregivers, adult care facility operators, care advocates
- What it does
- Plans, studies, registries or guidance
Sources
Last reviewed Jul 4, 2026. This is information, not legal advice; check the source for the current text.