New York Correction Law Section 405 - Duty of the department to the director of a hospital.

  405.  Duty  of  the  department  to the director of a hospital. The
  department shall notify  the  director  of  a  hospital  in  advance  of
  hearings  to  be  held at such hospital as may be necessary to carry out
  the duties of the board of parole  or  the  department.  The  department
  shall  assist  the  department  of  mental  hygiene  in  establishing or
  continuing the operation of grievance procedures at such hospital. Where
  the subject matter of the  grievance  primarily  involves  a  policy  or
  practice  of  the  department  of mental hygiene, the commissioner shall
  transfer the review of the  grievance  to  the  commissioner  of  mental
  hygiene  for  resolution  pursuant  to  subdivision three of section one
  hundred thirty-nine of the correction law.

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