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THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGULATIONS PLACING A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL PERSONS WHO CAN BE PLACED IN LARGE (AT LEAST 80-BED) ADULT HOMES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DISCRIMINATION UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (THIRD DEPT). ​

The Third Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Lynch, reversing Supreme Court, determined the cap on the number of seriously mentally ill persons who can be placed in large adult homes (at least an 80-bed capacity) did not amount to unconstitutional discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):

On this record, we conclude that respondent has demonstrated that the admissions cap was implemented to benefit, rather than to discriminate against, persons with serious mental illness … .

… [R]espondent [Commissioner of Health] has demonstrated that the challenged regulations are narrowly tailored to implement the integration mandate of Title II of the ADA and that the “benefit to the [protected class from the subject regulations] . . . clearly outweigh[s] whatever burden may result to them” … . The admissions cap applies only to people with a serious mental illness — those “who have a designated diagnosis of mental illness under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders . . . and whose severity and duration of mental illness results in substantial functional disability” (18 NYCRR 487.2 [c] … ). Accordingly, the cap is specifically tailored to the very individuals who are the subject of the integration mandate. Rather than limiting admissions to all adult homes, the regulations apply solely to a subcategory of large adult homes — those certified with at least an 80-bed capacity — where new admissions would increase the population of persons with serious mental illness over the 25% threshold. Matter of Oceanview Home for Adults, Inc. v Zucker, 2023 NY Slip Op 02365, Third Dept 5-4-23

Practice Point: The cap on the number of seriously mentally ill persons who can be placed in large adult homes does not amount to unconstitutional discrimination against persons with disabilities.

 

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