New York Mental Hygiene Law Article 29 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO IN-PATIENT FACILITIES

• 29.01 - Regulations and Forms.
  29.01 Regulations and forms. The commissioner shall have the power to make regulations governing admissions to hospitals, schools, and alcoholism facilities and the identification and...
• 29.03 - Effect of Court Order Authorizing Retention of a Patient.
  29.03 Effect of court order authorizing retention of a patient. No order or determination under this article that a person is in need of involuntary...
• 29.05 - Community Agreements Regarding Admission Procedures.
  29.05 Community agreements regarding admission procedures. A director of community services and the commissioner may enter into an agreement concerning screening of applications for admission...
• 29.07 - Commissioner's Powers Over Admissions to Department Facilities.
  29.07 Commissioner's powers over admissions to department facilities. (a) The commissioner may by order defer admissions to any facility in the department when the total...
• 29.11 - Commissioner's Power to Transfer and Discharge Patients.
  29.11 Commissioner's power to transfer and discharge patients. (a) Subject to his regulations, the commissioner may order or approve the transfer of a patient from...
• 29.13 - Treatment Plans.
  29.13 Treatment plans. (a) Subject to the regulations of the commissioner, the director of each departmental facility shall require the development of a written treatment...
• 29.15 - Discharge and Conditional Release of Patients to the Community.
  29.15 Discharge and conditional release of patients to the community. (a) A patient may be discharged or conditionally released to the community by the director...
• 29.16 - Discharge; Certain Cases.
  29.16 Discharge; certain cases. The director of a facility shall, with respect to any patient admitted to such facility pursuant to section five hundred nine...
• 29.17 - Clothing and Money to Be Furnished Patients Discharged or Released.
  29.17 Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or released. No patient shall be discharged or released from a department facility without suitable clothing...
• 29.18 - Client Service Report.
  29.18 Client service report. (a) The commissioner shall establish a client service report system for the purpose of providing notification of services or treatment provided...
• 29.19 - Powers and Duties of Peace Officers Acting Pursuant to Their Special Duties and Police Officers to Apprehend, Restrain, and Transport Persons to Facil
  * 29.19 Powers and duties of peace officers acting pursuant to their special duties and police officers to apprehend, restrain, and transport persons to facilities....
• 29.20 - In-Patient Nasogastric Feeding Procedures.
  29.20 In-patient nasogastric feeding procedures. The commissioners of the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities of the department shall...
• 29.21 - Care of Children Born to Patients.
  29.21 Care of children born to patients. If a child is born to a patient in a department facility, the director shall determine, with suitable...
• 29.23 - Powers With Respect to Property of Persons Receiving Services.
  * 29.23 Powers with respect to property of persons receiving services. The commissioner may authorize the directors of department facilities, to receive or obtain funds...
• 29.25 - Sale or Delivery of Alcoholic Beverages to Patients Prohibited.
  29.25 Sale or delivery of alcoholic beverages to patients prohibited. Any person who knowingly sells, delivers, or gives away or causes, permits, or procures to...
• 29.27 - Inmate-Patients Placed in the Custody of the Department.
  29.27 Inmate-patients placed in the custody of the department. (a) As used in this section, the term "inmate-patient" means a person committed pursuant to the...
• 29.28 - Payment of Costs for Prosecution of Inmate-Patients.
  29.28 Payment of costs for prosecution of inmate-patients. (a) When an inmate-patient, as defined in subdivision (a) of section 29.27 of this article, who was...
• 29.29 - Incident Reporting Procedures.
  29.29 Incident reporting procedures. The commissioners of the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities of the department shall establish...

Last modified: February 3, 2019