N.Y. Correction Law § 405: Duty of the department to the director of a hospital

§ 405. Duty of the department to the director of a hospital. The

department shall notify the director of a hospital in advance of

hearings to be held at such hospital as may be necessary to carry out

the duties of the board of parole or the department. The department

shall assist the department of mental hygiene in establishing or

continuing the operation of grievance procedures at such hospital. Where

the subject matter of the grievance primarily involves a policy or

practice of the department of mental hygiene, the commissioner shall

transfer the review of the grievance to the commissioner of mental

hygiene for resolution pursuant to subdivision three of section one

hundred thirty-nine of the correction law.