New York Mental Hygiene Law Article 10 - SEX OFFENDERS REQUIRING CIVIL COMMITMENT OR SUPERVISION

• 10.01 - Legislative Findings.
  10.01 Legislative findings. The legislature finds as follows: (a) That recidivistic sex offenders pose a danger to society that should be addressed through comprehensive programs...
• 10.03 - Definitions.
  10.03 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Agency with jurisdiction" as to a person means that...
• 10.05 - Notice and Case Review.
  10.05 Notice and case review. (a) The commissioner of mental health, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision and...
• 10.06 - Petition and Hearing.
  10.06 Petition and hearing. (a) If the case review team finds that a respondent is a sex offender requiring civil management, then the attorney general...
• 10.07 - Trial.
  10.07 Trial. (a) Within sixty days after the court determines, pursuant to subdivision (k) of section 10.06 of this article, that there is probable cause...
• 10.08 - Procedures Under This Article.
  10.08 Procedures under this article. (a) When a respondent submits to an examination pursuant to an order issued in accordance with this article, any statement...
• 10.09 - Annual Examinations and Petitions for Discharge.
  10.09 Annual examinations and petitions for discharge. (a) The commissioner shall provide the respondent and counsel for respondent with an annual written notice of the...
• 10.10 - Treatment and Confinement.
  10.10 Treatment and confinement. (a) If the respondent is found to be a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement and committed to a secure treatment facility,...
• 10.11 - Regimen of Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment.
  10.11 Regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment. (a) (1) Before ordering the release of a person to a regimen of strict and intensive...
• 10.13 - Appeals.
  10.13 Appeals. (a) The attorney general may, in the appellate division of the supreme court, seek a stay of any order under this article releasing...
• 10.15 - Compensation, Fees and Expenses.
  10.15 Compensation, fees and expenses. (a) Any compensation, fee or expense paid pursuant to the provisions of this article and article eighteen-B of the county...
• 10.17 - Release of Information Authorized.
  10.17 Release of information authorized. The commissioner is authorized to release information in accordance with subparagraph (vii) of paragraph nine of subdivision (c) of section...

Last modified: February 3, 2019