N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 43.05: Securing financial information

§ 43.05 Securing financial information.

(a) A person who applies for the reduction or waiver of fees on the

ground of inability to pay shall disclose all assets and shall file a

release to permit the department to investigate resources and assets and

to verify statements made in the application.

(b) The commissioner or his authorized representatives may develop

sufficient financial information through investigations and shall have

the power to initiate proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction

to discover property, including the examination and inventory of safe

deposit boxes leased by a patient, and to otherwise secure payment from

all patients or persons liable for them.

(c) Banking organizations, insurance companies, brokers, fiduciaries,

business managers, guardians, trustees, representative payees of

resources and assets of a patient, or any relative or person having

knowledge of any resources and assets of a patient, upon request of the

commissioner or his authorized representative, shall furnish full

information on the resources and assets of a patient or of any person

legally responsible for the support of a patient.