Byline: Associated Press
ALBANY New York is phasing out a program under which it has paid millions of dollars each year to out-of-state health facilities to care for about 150 disabled and mentally ill New Yorkers.
The program is intended to give interim care to state residents who were placed as children in private, out-of-state institutions due to their disabilities, but who have reached age 21 and are no longer eligible for the state aid they were getting.
During the interim period, state and local officials search for suitable housing in New York while allowing the disabled to continuing living in out-of-state residences at a cost of as …
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