New York Correction Law Article 16 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO MENTALLY ILL INMATES

• 400 - Definitions.
  As used in this article the following terms: (1) "Examining physician" means a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state of New York, but...
• 401 - Establishment of Programs Inside Correctional Facilities.
  1. The commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioner of mental health, shall establish programs, including but not limited to residential mental health treatment units, in...
• 401-a - Oversight Responsibilities of the Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs.
  1. The justice center for the protection of people with special needs shall be responsible for monitoring the quality of mental health care provided to...
• 402 - Commitment of Mentally Ill Inmates.
  1. Whenever the physician of any correctional facility, any county penitentiary, county jail or workhouse, any reformatory for women, or of any other correctional institution,...
• 403 - Department or Superintendent to Provide Certain Records.
  The department or superintendent shall furnish to the department of mental hygiene a copy of the health and psychiatric records and a sentence calculation for...
• 404 - Disposition of Mentally Ill Inmates Upon Release to Parole, Conditional Release, or Expiration of Sentence.
  1. Whenever an inmate committed to a hospital in the department of mental hygiene or whenever an inmate is examined in anticipation of his or...
• 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...

Last modified: February 3, 2019