N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 29.18: Client service report

§ 29.18 Client service report.

(a) The commissioner shall establish a client service report system

for the purpose of providing notification of services or treatment

provided to individual patients or clients to such patients or clients,

to persons duly authorized to represent such patients or clients,

including a parent or parents, legal guardian or next-of-kin if a

patient or client is a minor, and to appropriate directors of community

services and social services as hereinafter prescribed.

(b) A client service report shall be prepared for each patient or

client receiving services or treatment in a department facility, or

program to include, but not be limited to, information regarding the

types, location, date and estimated costs of services and names of

persons responsible for providing such services to each patient or

client during the course of his treatment or during each twelve month

period of treatment, whichever time period is shorter. Such report shall

be made available as hereinafter prescribed no later than thirty days

after the end of such course of treatment if such course is less than

twelve months in duration, or after the anniversary date of the

patient's admission to a department facility or of the initial

participation in a program or course of treatment of an individual who

is not a resident of the department facility if the program or course of

treatment is more than twelve months in duration.

(c) Upon request, such client service report shall be made available

to the patient or client, or to a person or persons representing him on

his behalf, including the parent or parents, legal guardian or

next-of-kin, if such patient or client is a minor. At their request and

with the consent of the commissioner and the patient or client, such

client service report shall be made available to the appropriate

director of community services and/or social services and the mental

hygiene legal service.

(d) The commissioner shall establish procedures for making such client

service reports available to the persons provided in this section, and

for advising patients and clients, their representatives, directors of

community services and social services and the mental hygiene legal

service of the availability of such reports and the established

procedures for obtaining them.