(a) The facilities development corporation shall be entitled to
exclusive possession, jurisdiction, supervision and control of all real
property held for facilities operated by any of the offices of the
department, such facilities being defined as mental hygiene facilities
by section three of the facilities development corporation act, to
exclusive possession, jurisdiction, supervision and control of such
facilities, and to all payments made for the care, maintenance and
treatment of patients at such facilities; provided, however, that the
directors of the said corporation shall make all such property and all
such facilities available to the commissioners and offices of the
department of mental hygiene for use in the care, maintenance, and
treatment of the mentally disabled.
The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to community
mental health and developmental disabilities facilities as defined in
section three of the facilities development corporation act or to
payments made for the care, maintenance and treatment of patients at
such community mental health and developmental disabilities facilities.
(b) The director of a department facility shall permit any director,
officer, employee or agent of the facilities development corporation to
inspect and test the physical condition of any building, unit, room,
structure, improvement, walkway, roadway, parking lot or utility
connection at the facility under appropriate conditions designed to
minimize any disruption in the care, maintenance, and treatment of
patients at the facility. The director and officers and employees at the
facility shall cooperate fully with any such trustee, officer, employee
or agent in assessing the need for physical construction,
reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement at the facility and for
the acquisition of furnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus to be
used in mental hygiene facilities upon the completion of construction,
reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement work and shall cooperate
fully in carrying out all work being done under the direction of the
said corporation.