N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 29.07: Commissioner's powers over admissions to department facilities

§ 29.07 Commissioner's powers over admissions to department facilities.

(a) The commissioner may by order defer admissions to any facility in

the department when the total number of patients therein exceeds its

capacity to an extent which will not permit adequate care and treatment

to be provided patients.

(b) If the commissioner shall determine that overcrowding exists in

the department schools, he may, within the amounts appropriated

therefor, authorize admission for care and treatment of any person with

a developmental disability to a designated facility approved for such

purposes by the commissioner. The patient and any liable relatives shall

be liable for payment of fees in accordance with article forty-three of

this chapter.