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NY Ment Hygiene L § 32.25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 32 - Regulation and Quality Control of Chemical Dependence Services and Compulsive Gambling Services. 32.25 - Confinement, Care, and Treatment of Persons Suffering From Chemical Abuse or Dependence.

§  32.25  Confinement,  care,  and  treatment  of persons suffering from            chemical abuse or dependence.  (a) No individual who is or appears  to  be  suffering  from  chemical abuse  or  dependence shall be detained, deprived of his or her liberty, or otherwise confined without  lawful  authority,  or  be  inadequately, unskillfully,  cruelly,  or  unsafely  cared  for  or  supervised by any person.  (b) If the commissioner has reason to believe  that  this  section  is being  violated  or  that  services  for persons suffering from chemical abuse or dependence or who are at risk of becoming alcohol or  substance abusers are being provided in violation of this article, he or she shall promptly investigate the matter. If he or she finds, after notice to the person  accused  of  the violation that there is substantial evidence to support the finding that there has been a  violation,  the  commissioner shall  issue an order directed to the person or entity who has committed the violation directing  him  or  her  to  cease  and  desist  from  the violation.  (c)  The  commissioner  may  bring  the  following  proceedings in the supreme court, in accordance with the provisions  of  section  32.27  of this article:   1. for an injunction where the person to whom a cease and desist order is directed has failed to comply therewith; and   2. for a temporary restraining order where the commissioner has reason to  believe that a violation of this section may result in injury to any person.  (d) Nothing in this section shall prevent the commissioner from taking whatever  action  he  or  she  deems  necessary  for   the   suspension, revocation,  or limitation of the operating certificate of a provider of services which has been charged with a violation of this section.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 32.27 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 32 - Regulation and Quality Control of Chemical Dependence Services and Compulsive Gambling Services. 32.27 - Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order.

§ 32.27 Injunction and temporary restraining order.  (a)  The  supreme court may enjoin violations or threatened violations of any provision of this article or violations of the regulations of the office established  pursuant  to  this  article.  Upon  request  of  the commissioner,  the  attorney  general  may  maintain a proceeding in the supreme court in the name of the people of the state to enjoin any  such violation,   provided  that  notice  of  such  violation  or  threatened violation and proposed referral to the attorney general has  been  given to  the  violator by mailing notice thereof to the last known address of the violator by registered mail.  (b) If the proceeding is for the enforcement of  a  cease  and  desist order  issued  after  notice  and  hearing pursuant to the provisions of section 32.23 of this article, the facts found by the commissioner shall be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence.  (c) Notwithstanding any limitation  in  the  civil  practice  law  and rules, such court may, on motion and affidavit, and upon proof that such violation  is  one  which reasonably may result in injury to any person, whether or not such person is a party to such action, grant a  temporary restraining   order  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  just,  pending  the determination of the proceeding. No security on the part  of  the  state shall be required.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 32.35 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 32 - Regulation and Quality Control of Chemical Dependence Services and Compulsive Gambling Services. 32.35 - Disclosure by Members, Officers and Employees.

§ 32.35 Disclosure by members, officers and employees.In  the  event  that a provider of services certified by the office of   alcoholism and substance abuse services enters into an agreement or  has   entered  into  an  agreement  for the purchase, lease, rehabilitation or   improvement of real property or a cooperative share  in  real  property,   any  employee who receives an annual salary in excess of thirty thousand   dollars, or any board member, partner, or officer of  such  provider  of   services  who  has  a  direct  or  indirect interest either financial or   beneficial in such property including the interest  of  any  person  for   whom  he  or she is related by consanguinity or affinity, shall disclose   such interest prior to the making of such agreement or at  the  time  of   acquisition  of such interest. Disclosure pursuant to this section shall   be made in writing to  the  board  of  directors  of  such  provider  of   services  and  shall  indicate  the  material  facts as to the member's,   partner's, officer's, employee's or relative's interest in such property   or cooperative share. Such disclosure shall be filed with the  secretary   of the corporation and entered on the minutes of a meeting of the board.   Such  disclosure  shall also be forwarded in writing to the commissioner   and to the director of community services of the local governmental unit   within which the property or cooperative share is located prior  to  the   approval  of public funding related to the property or cooperative share   which is the subject of disclosure made pursuant to this section  or  at   the time of the acquisition of such interest, whichever occurs later.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 32.36 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 32 - Regulation and Quality Control of Chemical Dependence Services and Compulsive Gambling Services. 32.36 - Crisis Stabilization Services.

§ 32.36 Crisis stabilization services.The   commissioner  shall  be  authorized,  in  conjunction  with  the   commissioner  of  the  office  of  mental  health,  to   create   crisis   stabilization  centers  within New York state in accordance with article   thirty-six  of  this  title,  including  the   promulgation   of   joint   regulations and implementation of a financing mechanism to allow for the   sustainable operation of such programs.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 32.37 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 32 - Regulation and Quality Control of Chemical Dependence Services and Compulsive Gambling Services. 32.37 - Registration and Notification of Boards of Directors or Trustees of Certain Voluntary Not-for-Profit Facilities or Corporations.

§ 32.37 Registration and notification of boards of directors or trustees           of    certain    voluntary    not-for-profit   facilities   or           corporations.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the  executive director,  chairperson  or  president  of  a  voluntary,  not-for-profit corporation which has been issued an operating  certificate  by  or  has received  funding  from  the  office  of  alcoholism and substance abuse services shall furnish annually to the commissioner  of  such  office  a list  of  the names and addresses of the current members of the board of directors or trustees of  such  corporation.  Failure  to  furnish  such annual   list   may  remove  such  corporation  from  consideration  for recertification or refunding.  (b) In the event that such provider of services  is  found  to  be  in violation  of the provisions of this chapter or of rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to  this  chapter  which  could result  in the revocation, cancellation, limitation or suspension of the operating certificate of such provider of services and if notice of such violation is provided to the  provider  of  services  pursuant  to  such regulations,  a  copy  of  such  notice shall be provided to each of the current members of the board of directors or trustees of  such  provider of services by the commissioner.  (c)   Within  available  appropriations,  within  the  first  year  of appointment of a member to  a  board  of  directors  of  a  provider  of services  which  has  been  issued  an  operating  certificate by or has received funding from the  office  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse services,  the  commissioner  shall  ensure  that  each  new  member  is appropriately provided with information, which may include training,  to carry  out  his  or her role as a member of a board of directors of such provider of services pursuant to article  seven  of  the  not-for-profit corporation law and applicable laws, rules and regulations governing the operation  of  chemical  dependence services. Training shall be provided for  all  new  members  of  organizations  established  to  provide   or facilitate   the   provision   of   chemical   dependence  services,  as appropriate, upon initial appointment and as  frequently  thereafter  as determined by the commissioner.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.01 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.01 - Protection of Patients' Rights.

§ 33.01 Protection of patients' rights.Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  no  person  shall be   deprived of any civil right, if in  all  other  respects  qualified  and   eligible,  solely  by  reason  of  receipt  of  services  for  a  mental   disability nor shall the receipt of such services  modify  or  vary  any   civil  right  of  any  such  person,  including but not limited to civil   service ranking and appointment, the right to register for and  to  vote   at  elections, or rights relating to the granting, forfeiture, or denial   of a license, permit, privilege, or benefit pursuant to any law.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.05 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.05 - Communications and Visits.

§ 33.05 Communications and visits.  (a)  Each  patient  in  a facility shall have the right to communicate freely and privately with persons outside the facility as frequently  as he wishes, subject to regulations of the commissioner designed to assure the  safety  and  welfare of patients and to avoid serious harassment to others.  Correspondence  addressed  to  public   officials,   attorneys, clergymen, and to the mental hygiene legal service shall be unrestricted and shall be sent along promptly without being opened.  (b)  The  commissioner  by  regulation  shall  establish guidelines to insure that patients at facilities have full opportunity for  conducting correspondence,  have reasonable access to telephones, and have frequent and convenient opportunities to meet with visitors.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.06 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.06 - Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Significant Incidents.

§ 33.06 Reports of abuse, neglect, and significant incidents.The  executive  director  of  the justice center for the protection of   people with special needs, in consultation with the commissioner of  the   office  of  mental  health, the commissioner of the office of alcoholism   and substance abuse services and the  commissioner  of  the  office  for   people  with  developmental  disabilities  shall establish procedures or   mechanisms pursuant to article eleven of  the  social  services  law  to   receive  allegations  or  complaints  of  reportable incidents involving   individuals served by agencies and providers licensed or operated by the   offices, including receipt of anonymous allegations or complaints.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.09 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.09 - Employment of Patients.

§ 33.09 Employment of patients.  (a)  The  department shall encourage employment of patients as part of therapeutic, community care,  or  release  programs  and  shall  promote training  of  patients  for  gainful  employment. The commissioner shall adopt regulations to further the purposes of this section.  (b) A patient employed by a facility shall  receive  compensation  for his services in accordance with applicable state and federal labor laws. Any  such employment shall be subject to regulations of the commissioner as to the nature and circumstances of the employment.  (c) The provisions of the workers' compensation law, the  unemployment insurance  law, and articles thirteen, nineteen, and twenty of the labor law shall not apply to any patient in a facility  with  respect  to  his participation  in  a sheltered workshop program, provided, however, that participants in sheltered workshop programs operated by  the  office  of mental  health, the office for people with developmental disabilities or voluntary agencies or institutional  worker  programs  operated  by  the office  of  mental  health  shall  be eligible for workers' compensation benefits (excluding benefits provided pursuant to article  nine  of  the workers'  compensation law) if such offices or agencies elect to provide such benefits. Sheltered workshops  operated  at  department  facilities shall  be  subject  to  the laws and regulations applicable to sheltered workshops operated by voluntary agencies.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.11 - Education for Children With Mental Disabilities.

§ 33.11 Education for children with mental disabilities.The   office   of  mental  health  and  the  office  for  people  with   developmental disabilities shall provide the same education for patients   in office of mental health hospitals and residents in office for  people   with developmental disabilities schools who are between the ages of five   and  twenty-one  which  they  would  otherwise be entitled to receive in   their local school districts pursuant  to  article  eighty-nine  of  the   education  law.  The  cost  of such education shall be a charge upon and   shall be paid by the office of mental health or the  office  for  people   with  developmental disabilities when received within such a hospital or   school by a patient or resident therein. Such education shall be adapted   to the mental attainments of such children. Provided, however, that such   children as can benefit therefrom shall be admitted to  the  schools  of   the  school  district  in  which  such  hospital or school is located in   accordance with regulations of the commissioner of  education  developed   in   consultation   with   the   commissioners   of  mental  health  and   developmental disabilities. The cost of such instruction less the  state   aid attributed to such child, shall be a charge upon the school district   in  which  the  child  resided  at  the  time  of admission to the state   hospital or school, except in those cases as provided in paragraph c  of   subdivision five of section thirty-two hundred two of the education law.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.12 - Hearing Evaluation.

§ 33.12 Hearing evaluation.The  office  for  people with developmental disabilities shall provide   suitable hearing evaluations periodically for  the  residents  in  state   schools.  Upon  the ascertainment that any resident so evaluated is deaf   or hard of hearing, it shall be  the  duty  of  the  office  to  provide   suitable  remedial  efforts,  to include, but not be limited to, hearing   aids, alternative  forms  of  communication  and  auditory  training  to   overcome  this  handicap and to ascertain the true level of intelligence   of such residents.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.14 - Sealing of Records Pertaining to Treatment for Mental Illness.

§ 33.14 Sealing of records pertaining to treatment for mental illness.  (a)  (1)  Any  person  who  has  been admitted to receive inpatient or outpatient services for mental illness may commence a special proceeding in the supreme court for an order directing the sealing of those records held by the office of mental health, a facility, or any other individual or public or  private  entity  which  has  been  made  a  party  to  the proceeding, which identify the petitioner as a recipient of services for mental  illness.  The  court  may order that the petitioner's records be sealed, subject to such limitations  or  exceptions  as  the  court  may impose, upon a finding that:   a.  the  petitioner  was illegally detained by a facility by reason of fraud, error or falsified documents, and the  records  pertain  to  such illegal detention; or   b.  the petitioner has demonstrated by competent medical evidence that he is not currently suffering from a  mental  illness,  has  not  for  a period of three years received inpatient services for the treatment of a mental  illness,  and  the interests of the petitioner and society would best be served by sealing the petitioner's records. It shall be presumed that it would be in the best interests of the petitioner and society  to seal  any record of a petitioner's receipt of services for the treatment of mental illness prior to his sixteenth birthday.  (2) Except for such limitations as the court may impose, a court order directing the office of mental health, a facility, or  other  individual or  entity  to  seal  records shall require the office of mental health, facility or other individual or entity to respond  to  any  official  or unofficial inquiry concerning the petitioner's history of mental illness as  though the admission or receipt of services documented in the sealed records had never occurred.  (3) A petitioner who has obtained an order directing that his  or  her records  be  sealed may respond to any official or unofficial inquiry by any person or agency  concerning  the  petitioner's  history  of  mental illness as though the admission or receipt of services documented in the sealed records had never occurred.  (b)  Records  sealed pursuant to this section may be unsealed and made available only:  (1) upon request of the person  who  is  the  subject  of  the  sealed records;  (2)  by  order of a court upon a demonstration by the party seeking to have the records unsealed  that  such  unsealing  is  essential  to  the interests of justice;  (3)  upon  the commencement of a suit by the person who is the subject of the sealed records or  his  representative  in  which  such  person's confinement  or treatment during confinement as documented in the sealed records is at issue; or  (4) seventy-five years after the record has been sealed.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.15 - Habeas Corpus.

§ 33.15 Habeas corpus.  (a) A person retained by a facility or the department or a relative or friend  on his behalf is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus to question the cause and legality of detention upon proper application.  (b) Upon the return of such a writ of habeas corpus, the  court  shall examine  the facts concerning the person's alleged mental disability and detention. The evidence shall include the clinical record of the patient and medical or other testimony as required by the court. The  court  may review  the  admission  and  retention  of  the  person  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The court  shall  discharge  the  person  so retained  if it finds that he is not mentally disabled or that he is not in need of further retention for in-patient care and treatment.  (c) In  a  subsequent  application  for  a  writ,  any  party  to  the proceeding  may  introduce  evidence  or records from a prior hearing or trial and  such  records  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  as testimonial evidence.  (d)  The  application  for a writ of habeas corpus and the proceedings upon it shall follow the procedure set forth in article seventy  of  the civil practice law and rules.  (e)  The  director  of the facility where the person is detained shall forthwith  notify  the  mental  hygiene  legal  service  of   any   such application for a writ and provide it with information as to the case.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.17 - Transportation of Individuals.

§ 33.17 Transportation of individuals.Within  staffing  limitations  and  upon request, an individual who is   being transported to or from a  facility  may  be  accompanied  by  same   gender staff.
NY Ment Hygiene L § 33.23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title E - General Provisions Article 33 - Rights of Patients 33.23 - Incident Notifications and Reports.

§ 33.23 Incident notifications and reports.  (a)  The  director  of  a  facility,  as defined in subdivision six of section 1.03 of this chapter,  shall  provide  telephone  notice  of  an incident  involving  a  patient  receiving  care  and  treatment at such facility  to  a  qualified  person,  as  defined  in  paragraph  six  of subdivision  (a)  of section 33.16 of this article. Such notice shall be provided  within  twenty-four  hours  of  the  initial  report  of  such incident.  For  the  purposes  of this section, "incident" shall mean an accident or injury that affects the health or safety of a patient.  Upon the request of a qualified person, the director shall within ten days of such  request,  provide  to  the  qualified person a copy of the written incident  report,  provided  that  the  names   and   other   personally identifying  information of patients and employees shall not be included unless such patients and employees authorize disclosure, offer to hold a meeting with such qualified person to further discuss the incident,  and provide such qualified person with a written report on the actions taken to  address  the incident. The director may offer to provide all reports to the qualified person electronically.  (b) Whenever federal law or applicable federal  regulations  restrict, or  as  a  condition  for  the  receipt of federal aid require, that the release of records or information  pursuant  to  this  section  be  more restrictive  than  is  provided  under  this  section, the provisions of federal law or regulations shall be controlling.