N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 29.17: Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or released

§ 29.17 Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or

released.

No patient shall be discharged or released from a department facility

without suitable clothing adapted to the season in which he is

discharged or released; and if it cannot be otherwise obtained, the

facility shall upon the order of the director, or of the commissioner,

as the case may be, furnish the same, and money not exceeding fifty

dollars, to defray his expenses until he can reach his relatives or

friends, or find employment to earn a subsistence.