N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law Section 41.42
Family support programs

The commissioner of mental health, directly or through contract, and within amounts made available therefor, shall establish a family support program. The purpose of the program shall be to examine the impact of the provision of educational and support services on the incidence of hospitalization. Such services shall be provided to family members caring for chronically, mentally ill relatives at home and shall include but not be limited to ongoing psychoeducational training which will enhance the family’s ability to care for disabled relatives at home by assisting them in understanding the nature and cause of the mental illness and providing them with the knowledge of strategies for handling the symptoms and behavior of disabled family members. The commissioner may authorize the development of a training curriculum, and a staff training program to implement this program and to design and carry out an evaluation of this program.

Source: Section 41.42 — Family support programs, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/MHY/41.­42 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

41.01
Declaration of purpose 41.03
Definitions 41.04
Responsibilities of commissioners of the offices 41.05
Local governmental unit 41.07
Provision of services by the local governmental unit 41.09
Director 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 41.17
State and local coordination 41.18
Local services plan 41.24
Study on alternative to net deficit funding 41.25
Fees 41.27
State aid procedures 41.29
Liability of local government 41.31
Publication of records 41.32
Transitional provisions for local assistance funding of federally funded demonstration projects for treatment of alcoholics 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 41.37
Community residence and residential treatment facility for children and youth development grants 41.38
Rental and mortgage payments of community residential facilities for the mentally ill 41.39
Vocational programs 41.40
Small community residential facilities 41.40*2
Respite services 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
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Verified:
Feb. 28, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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