N.Y. Correction Law § 133: Superintendent to report concerning incarcerated individual believed mentally ill when crime was committed

§ 133. Superintendent to report concerning incarcerated individual

believed mentally ill when crime was committed. Whenever the

superintendent of a correctional facility shall have reason to believe

that any incarcerated individual in the facility was mentally ill at the

time he or she committed the offense for which he or she was sentenced,

such superintendent shall communicate in writing to the commissioner of

correction his or her reason for such opinion, and shall refer the

commissioner of correction to all the sources of information with which

he or she may be acquainted in relation to the mental illness of such

incarcerated individual. The commissioner of correction shall then

transmit such opinion and information to the governor with his or her

recommendations thereon.