N.Y. MHY Law § 9.47 — New York Code / Act MHY / Title B / Article 9 / Section 9.47
Duties of local officers in regard to their persons with a mental illness
Status: in_force

§ 9.47 Duties of local officers in regard to their persons with a mental\n         illness.\n  * (a) All directors of community services, health officers, and social\nservices officials, as defined by the social services law, are charged\nwith the duty of seeing that all persons with a mental illness within\ntheir respective communities who are in need of care and treatment at a\nhospital are admitted to a hospital pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle. Social services officials and health officers shall notify the\ndirector of community services of any such person coming to their\nattention. Pending the determination of the condition of an alleged\nperson with a mental illness, it shall be the duty of the director of\ncommunity services and, if there be no such director, of the local\nhealth officer to provide for the proper care of such person in a\nsuitable facility.\n  * NB Effective until June 30, 2027\n  * All directors of community services, health officers, and social\nservices officials, as defined by the social services law, are charged\nwith the duty of seeing that all persons with a mental illness within\ntheir respective communities who are in need of care and treatment at a\nhospital are admitted to a hospital pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle. Social services officials and health officers shall notify the\ndirector of community services of any such person coming to their\nattention. Pending the determination of the condition of an alleged\nperson with a mental illness, it shall be the duty of the director of\ncommunity services and, if there be no such director, of the local\nhealth officer to provide for the proper care of such person in a\nsuitable facility.\n  * NB Effective June 30, 2027\n  * (b) All directors of community services shall be responsible for:\n  (1) receiving reports of persons who may be in need of assisted\noutpatient treatment and documenting the receipt date of such reports;\n  (2) conducting timely investigations of such reports and providing\nwritten notice upon the completion of investigations to reporting\npersons and program coordinators, appointed by the commissioner of\nmental health pursuant to subdivision (f) of section 7.17 of this title,\nand documenting the initiation and completion dates of such\ninvestigations and the dispositions;\n  (3) filing of petitions for assisted outpatient treatment pursuant to\nparagraph (vii) of subdivision (e) of section 9.60 of this article, and\ndocumenting the petition filing date and the date of the court order;\n  (4) coordinating the timely delivery of court ordered services with\nprogram coordinators and documenting the date assisted outpatients begin\nto receive the services mandated in the court order; and\n  (5) ensuring evaluation of the need for ongoing assisted outpatient\ntreatment pursuant to subdivision (k) of section 9.60 of this article\nprior to the expiration of any assisted outpatient treatment order;\n  (6) if he or she has been ordered to provide for or arrange for\nassisted outpatient treatment pursuant to paragraph five of subdivision\n(j) of section 9.60 of this article or became the appropriate director\npursuant to this paragraph or subdivision (c) of section 9.48 of this\narticle, notifying the director of community services of the new county\nof residence when he or she has reason to believe that an assisted\noutpatient has or will change his or her county of residence during the\npendency of an assisted outpatient treatment order. Upon such change of\nresidence, the director of the new county of residence shall become the\nappropriate director, as such term is defined in section 9.60 of this\narticle; and\n  (7) reporting on a quarterly basis to program coordinators the\ninformation collected pursuant to this subdivision.\n  * NB Repealed June 30, 2027\n  * (c) In discharge of the duties imposed by subdivision (b) of section\n9.60 of this article, directors of community services may provide\nservices directly, or may coordinate services with the offices of the\ndepartment or may contract with any public or private provider to\nprovide services for such programs as may be necessary to carry out the\nduties imposed pursuant to this subdivision.\n  * NB Repealed June 30, 2027\n