N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law Section 9.23
Voluntary and informal admissions

  • conversion to

(a)

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit any director from converting, and it shall be his duty to convert, the admission of any involuntary patient suitable and willing to apply therefor to a voluntary status. The mental hygiene legal service shall be given notice of every conversion from an involuntary status to a voluntary status.

(b)

Any patient converted from an involuntary status to a voluntary status shall have the right to a judicial hearing before the supreme court or a county court on the questions of his suitability for such conversion and on his willingness to be so converted. The procedure for requesting such a hearing, except as to time limitations and questions to be determined, shall be pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 9.31 of this article.

Source: Section 9.23 — Voluntary and informal admissions; conversion to, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/MHY/9.­23 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Mar. 9, 2025).

9.01
Definitions 9.03
Admission to a hospital 9.05
Examining physicians and medical certificates 9.07
Notice to all patients of their rights and of the availability of the mental hygiene legal service 9.09
Notices to mental hygiene legal service concerning minors 9.11
Patients’ records 9.13
Voluntary admissions 9.15
Informal admissions 9.17
Voluntary and informal admissions 9.19
Voluntary and informal admissions 9.21
Voluntary and informal admissions 9.23
Voluntary and informal admissions 9.25
Voluntary and informal admissions 9.27
Involuntary admission on medical certification 9.29
Involuntary admission on medical certification 9.31
Involuntary admission on medical certification 9.33
Court authorization to retain an involuntary patient 9.35
Review of court authorization to retain an involuntary patient 9.37
Involuntary admission on certificate of a director of community services or his designee 9.39
Emergency admissions for immediate observation, care, and treatment 9.40
Emergency observation, care and treatment in comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs 9.41
Emergency assessment for immediate observation, care, and treatment 9.43
Emergency assessment for immediate observation, care, and treatment 9.45
Emergency assessment for immediate observation, care, and treatment 9.46
Reports of substantial risk or threat of harm by mental health professionals 9.47
Duties of local officers in regard to their persons with a mental illness 9.48
Duties of directors of assisted outpatient treatment programs 9.49
Transfer of juvenile delinquents 9.51
Residential treatment facilities for children and youth 9.53
Children in the custody of social services officials or the division for youth 9.55
Emergency admissions for immediate observation, care and treatment 9.57
Emergency admissions for immediate observation, care and treatment 9.58
Transport for evaluation 9.59
Immunity from liability 9.60
Assisted outpatient treatment 9.63
Transportation of persons to or between hospitals
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Accessed:
Mar. 9, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 9.23’s source at nysenate​.gov

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