Section 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 written notice to  applicants,  which  shall  be
  provided   no  later  than  ninety  days  following  the  receipt  of  a
  satisfactory  application,   shall   identify   the   applicant   as   a
  state-identified  comprehensive  care  center for eating disorders under
  this article, provided however that such notice shall be valid  for  not
  more  than a two year period from the date of issuance. The commissioner
  may reissue such written notices 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  RFA  submission,  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    * NB Repealed June 1, 2010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.