http://www.justicecenter.ny.gov/services-supports/sdmc

Effective June 1, 2014, the SDMC Program was moved to the Justice Center’s Schenectady office.  All correspondence and case information should now be sent to:

SDMC Program
NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs
401 State Street
Schenectady, NY  12305

SDMC Program staff and fax numbers remain the same.

The Surrogate Decision Making Committee Program is an alternative approach to the court system for obtaining an informed decision regarding non-emergency major medical treatment on behalf of people with intellectual, developmental, mental health, alcohol or substance abuse disabilities unable to make their own decisions or who do not have a relative or legally authorized surrogate willing to make the determination on their behalf. Eligible individuals are or have been in a residential program or received services from a program operated, licensed or funded by the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), the Office of Mental Health (OMH)…