Section 463-A. Statewide registry

1.  There shall be established in the
  department a statewide registry  on  community  residential  facilities.
  The  department  shall  develop,  in cooperation with the state agencies
  responsible for the planning, administration, licensing, regulation  and
  operation of community residential facilities, a uniform data base for a
  statewide  registry  to  include,  but  not be limited to, the following
  information:
    (a)  the nature or type of such community residence for  the  disabled
  including the class of disabled persons it is intended to serve;
    (b)   the title of the sponsoring agency responsible for the operation
  of such community residence;
    (c)   the geographical area  in  which  such  community  residence  is
  located,  including  but  not  limited  to street address, municipality,
  local school district and health systems agency;
    (d)  the number of clients or residents authorized to live within such
  community residences; and
    (e)  the licensing authority of such community residence.
    2. (a)  The  department  shall,  no  later  than  December  fifteenth,
  nineteen  hundred eighty-three and annually thereafter, prepare a report
  to the governor and the legislature including the following information:
    (i)  a registry of all community  residences  presently  operating  in
  this  state  including  the  types  of  services provided, the number of
  persons served, the number of persons authorized to reside therein,  the
  licensing  authority  by  which  it  is governed and the municipality in
  which it is located; and
    (ii)  the number of persons in the state presently receiving placement
  in a community residence including the general type  of  services  being
  provided and the municipality in which they are provided.
    (b)  The  department  shall prepare for inclusion in the annual report
  required by subdivision (d) of section seventeen of this chapter  to  be
  filed  with the governor and the legislature prior to December fifteenth
  of each year an analysis of the information as previously  described  in
  paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision so as to improve the ability of such
  state agencies responsible for the planning, administration,  licensing,
  regulation  and  operation  of  such community residences to effectively
  identify existing and future needs for persons and services in different
  areas and coordinate their planning efforts to meet such needs.
    3.  The department shall provide or cause  to  be  provided  technical
  assistance,  within  available resources, to municipalities which intend
  to establish similar coordinated planning functions as described in this
  act.