(a) As a prerequisite for state aid, local governmental units and
voluntary agencies shall establish fee or payment schedules for clinical
services and may establish fee or payment schedules for other services
reflecting costs of services, pursuant to regulations of the
commissioner.
(b) Fees charged or payments requested shall take into account costs
and ability to pay, considering resources available from private and
public health insurance and medical aid programs.
(c) No person shall be denied services for the mentally disabled
because of inability to pay.
(d) Every effort shall be made to assure that the process of fee
establishment and collection does not interfere with the therapeutic
program.
Structure New York Laws
41.01 - Declaration of Purpose.
41.04 - Responsibilities of Commissioners of the Offices.
41.05 - Local Governmental Unit.
41.07 - Provision of Services by the Local Governmental Unit.
41.10 - State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors.
41.11 - Composition of Boards.
41.13 - Powers and Duties of Local Governmental Units.
41.15 - Approved Plans and State Aid.
41.16 - Local Planning; State and Local Responsibilities.
41.17 - State and Local Coordination.
41.18 - Local Services Plan; State Aid.
41.24 - Study on Alternative to Net Deficit Funding.
41.29 - Liability of Local Government.
41.31 - Publication of Records.
41.33 - Community Residences for the Mentally Disabled.
41.34 - Site Selection of Community Residential Facilities.
41.35 - Demonstration Programs.
41.36 - Community Residential Facilities.
41.38 - Rental and Mortgage Payments of Community Residential Facilities for the Mentally Ill.
41.39 - Vocational Programs; Sheltered Workshop Industrial Contract Income.
41.40 - Small Community Residential Facilities.
41.41 - Rights of Persons With Developmental Disabilities.
41.42 - Family Support Programs.
41.43 - Family Support Services.
41.44 - Community Residential Services for the Mentally Ill.
41.45 - Development Grants for Residential Care Centers for Adults.
41.46 - Disclosure by Members, Officers and Employees.
41.47 - Community Support Services Program.
41.48 - Real Property Acquisition Options.
41.49 - Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program.
41.49*2 - Community Based Mental Health Services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Children.
41.50 - Development Grants for Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs.
41.51 - State Aid for Costs of Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Programs.
41.52 - Community Residential Services for Alcoholism.
41.53 - Community Residence Development Grants for Alcoholism Services.
41.54 - Roles and Responsibilities of Certain Board Members.
41.54*2 - Employee Assistance Programs.
41.55 - Community Mental Health Support and Workforce Reinvestment Program.
41.57 - Compulsive Gambling Education and Treatment Program.