N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law Section 7.15
Programs of the office of mental health

(a)

The commissioner shall plan, promote, establish, develop, coordinate, evaluate, and conduct programs and services of prevention, diagnosis, examination, care, treatment, rehabilitation, training, and research for the benefit of the mentally ill. Such programs shall include but not be limited to in-patient, out-patient, partial hospitalization, day care, emergency, rehabilitative, and other appropriate treatments and services. He or she shall take all actions that are necessary, desirable, or proper to implement the purposes of this chapter and to carry out the purposes and objectives of the department within the amounts made available therefor by appropriation, grant, gift, devise, bequest, or allocation from the mental health services fund established under State Finance Law § 97-F (Mental health services fund)section ninety-seven-f of the state finance law.

(b)

The activities described in subdivision (a) of this section may be undertaken in cooperation and agreement with other offices of the department and with other departments or agencies of the state, local or federal government, or with other organizations and individuals.

Source: Section 7.15 — Programs of the office of mental health, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/MHY/7.15 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

7.01
Declaration of policy 7.03
Definitions 7.07
Office of mental health 7.09
Powers of the office and commissioner 7.11
Organization and administration of the office of mental health and its facilities 7.13
Local services 7.15
Programs of the office of mental health 7.17
Programs, services, and operation of facilities in the office of mental health 7.18
Secure treatment facilities in the office 7.19
Personnel of the office 7.21
Directors of facilities 7.23
Education and training 7.24
Mental health disorder hospital discharge 7.25
Safety 7.27
Facility services 7.29
Gifts 7.31
Disposition of moneys and securities 7.33
Boards of visitors 7.35
Actions against persons rendering professional services at the request of the office 7.37
Powers of the office and commissioner in relation to the planning and referral of mentally ill children for adult services 7.37‑A
Transitional care 7.38
Additional duties of the office with respect to persons receiving transitional care 7.39
Registration and notification of boards of directors or trustees of certain voluntary not-for-profit facilities or corporations 7.41
Geriatric service demonstration program 7.43
The children’s plan 7.45
Retaliatory personnel actions 7.47
Mental illness anti-stigma grants

Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 7.15’s source at nysenate.gov

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Original Source: Section 7.15 — Programs of the office of mental health, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/MHY/7.15 (last accessed Aug. 20, 2023).