New York Laws
Title B - Mental Health Act
Article 7 - Office of Mental Health

7.01 - Declaration of Policy. - The state of New York and its local governments have...

7.03 - Definitions. - As used in this title: 1. "Office" means the office...

7.07 - Office of Mental Health; Scope of Responsibilities. - (a) The office of mental health is charged with the...

7.09 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner; How Exercised. - (a) The commissioner shall exercise all powers vested in the...

7.11 - Organization and Administration of the Office of Mental Health and Its Facilities. - (a) The commissioner shall have the professional jurisdiction, supervision, and...

7.13 - Local Services. - Local services for the mentally ill shall be planned, financed...

7.15 - Programs of the Office of Mental Health. - (a) The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordinate, evaluate,...

7.17 - Programs, Services, and Operation of Facilities in the Office of Mental Health. - (a) The commissioner shall establish policy and procedures for the...

7.18 - Secure Treatment Facilities in the Office. - (a) There shall be in the office secure treatment facilities,...

7.19 - Personnel of the Office. - (a) The commissioner or his or her designee may, within...

7.21 - Directors of Facilities. - (a) The director of a facility under the jurisdiction of...

7.23 - Education and Training. - (a) The commissioner shall have the power to establish such...

7.24 - Mental Health Disorder Hospital Discharge; Policies and Procedures. - (a) The office, in consultation with the department of health,...

7.25 - Safety. - (a) The commissioner and the directors of in-patient facilities in...

7.27 - Facility Services. - (a) Chapels. The commissioner may permit any religious or missionary...

7.29 - Gifts. - (a) The commissioner, on behalf of the state and if...

7.31 - Disposition of Moneys and Securities. - (a) The commissioner, or the officer or employee of the...

7.33 - Boards of Visitors. - (a) Each hospital in the department shall have a board...

7.35 - Actions Against Persons Rendering Professional Services at the Request of the Office; Defense and Indemnification. - request of the office; defense and indemnification. The provisions of...

7.37 - Powers of the Office and Commissioner in Relation to the Planning and Referral of Mentally Ill Children for Adult Services. - (a) As used in this section: 1. "report" means a...

7.37-A - Transitional Care. - (a) For purposes of this section, "transitional care" shall mean...

7.38 - Additional Duties of the Office With Respect to Persons Receiving Transitional Care. - (a) The office shall, in consultation with the department of...

7.39 - 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...

7.41 - Geriatric Service Demonstration Program. - (a) The office shall establish a geriatric service demonstration program...

7.43 - The Children's Plan. - The commissioner of mental health, in consultation with the state...

7.45 - Retaliatory Personnel Actions. - Employees of facilities, programs and providers operated, licensed, certified, authorized...

7.47 - Mental Illness Anti-Stigma Grants. - (a) The office shall develop and implement a program which...