New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 2547-a. Day care support services

The commissioner shall allocate up to one million dollars of federal funds for purposes of establishing two or more demonstration programs for the provision of day care support services for eligible children which may include the use of paraprofessionals to work with one or more children with disabilities within the same setting.  The commissioner, in consultation with other appropriate state agencies, shall establish criteria for the selection of demonstration sites for such services, such criteria to include, but not be limited to, geographic distribution, the disability severity of children to be served by such a program and the availability of similar services from other sources.