NY Ment Hygiene L § 9.47 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title B - Mental Health Act Article 9 - Hospitalization of Persons With a Mental Illness 9.47 - Duties of Local Officers in Regard to Their Persons With a Mental Illness.

§ 9.47 Duties of local officers in regard to their persons with a mental          illness.   * (a) All directors of community services, health officers, and social services  officials,  as defined by the social services law, are charged with the duty of seeing that all persons with a  mental  illness  within their  respective communities who are in need of care and treatment at a hospital are admitted to a hospital pursuant to the provisions  of  this article.  Social services officials and health officers shall notify the director of community services  of  any  such  person  coming  to  their attention.  Pending  the  determination  of  the condition of an alleged person with a mental illness, it shall be the duty of  the  director  of community  services  and,  if  there  be  no such director, of the local health officer to provide for the  proper  care  of  such  person  in  a suitable facility.   * NB Effective until June 30, 2022   * All  directors  of  community  services, health officers, and social services officials, as defined by the social services law,  are  charged with  the  duty  of seeing that all persons with a mental illness within their respective communities who are in need of care and treatment at  a hospital  are  admitted to a hospital pursuant to the provisions of this article. Social services officials and health officers shall notify  the director  of  community  services  of  any  such  person coming to their attention. Pending the determination of  the  condition  of  an  alleged person  with  a  mental illness, it shall be the duty of the director of community services and, if there be  no  such  director,  of  the  local health  officer  to  provide  for  the  proper  care of such person in a suitable facility.   * NB Effective June 30, 2022   * (b) All directors of community services shall be responsible for:  (1) receiving reports of persons  who  may  be  in  need  of  assisted outpatient treatment and documenting the receipt date of such reports;  (2)  conducting  timely  investigations  of such reports and providing written notice  upon  the  completion  of  investigations  to  reporting persons  and  program  coordinators,  appointed  by  the commissioner of mental health pursuant to subdivision (f) of section 7.17 of this title, and  documenting  the  initiation   and   completion   dates   of   such investigations and the dispositions;  (3)  filing of petitions for assisted outpatient treatment pursuant to paragraph (vii) of subdivision (e) of section 9.60 of this article,  and documenting the petition filing date and the date of the court order;  (4)  coordinating  the  timely delivery of court ordered services with program coordinators and documenting the date assisted outpatients begin to receive the services mandated in the court order; and  (5) ensuring evaluation of the need for  ongoing  assisted  outpatient treatment  pursuant  to  subdivision (k) of section 9.60 of this article prior to the expiration of any assisted outpatient treatment order;  (6) if he or she has been  ordered  to  provide  for  or  arrange  for assisted  outpatient treatment pursuant to paragraph five of subdivision (j) of section 9.60 of this article or became the  appropriate  director pursuant  to  this  paragraph or subdivision (c) of section 9.48 of this article, notifying the director of community services of the new  county of  residence  when  he  or  she  has reason to believe that an assisted outpatient has or will change his or her county of residence during  the pendency  of an assisted outpatient treatment order. Upon such change of residence, the director of the new county of residence shall become  the appropriate  director,  as  such term is defined in section 9.60 of this article; and  (7) reporting  on  a  quarterly  basis  to  program  coordinators  the information collected pursuant to this subdivision.   * NB Repealed June 30, 2022   * (c) In discharge of the duties imposed by subdivision (b) of section 9.60  of  this  article,  directors  of  community  services may provide services directly, or may coordinate services with the  offices  of  the department  or  may  contract  with  any  public  or private provider to provide services for such programs as may be necessary to carry out  the duties imposed pursuant to this subdivision.   * NB Repealed June 30, 2022