N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 7.27: Facility services

§ 7.27 Facility services.

(a) Chapels. The commissioner may permit any religious or missionary

corporation or society or combination of such corporations and societies

to erect a building on the grounds of any in-patient facility in the

office of mental health for the holding of religious service, to be used

exclusively for the benefit of the patients and employees of such

facility, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the

commissioner.

(b) Fire mutual aid. In cooperation with the development and operation

of plans for mutual aid in cases of fire and other public emergencies,

the director of an in-patient facility in the office of mental health,

with the approval of the commissioner of mental health, may authorize

the fire department of the facility to furnish aid to such territory

surrounding the facility as may be practical in cases of fire and such

emergencies, having due regard to the safety of the patients and

property of the facility and to engage in practice and training programs

in connection with the development and operation of such mutual aid

plans.

(c) Community stores. The commissioner may authorize the director of

any facility in the office of mental health to operate a community store

or to lease space in any of its buildings not inconsistent with the

requirements of the facility for the operation of a community store for

the use and benefit of the patients, visitors, and personnel of such

facility. The moneys received by the director of such facility under or

pursuant to any such operation shall be deposited in a special fund to

be known as the community store fund and shall be used for the general

purposes of the facility, subject to the provisions of section

fifty-three of the state finance law.

(d) Laboratory services. Subject to the regulations of the

commissioner, the director of a facility in the office of mental health

may agree to make the laboratory service of such facility available to

adjacent local governments and may receive, apply, and spend money for

the extension of laboratory service according to the terms of the

agreement as approved by such commissioner.

(e) Special employment programs. The director of any facility operated

by the office of mental health may purchase goods and services produced

by special employment programs, sheltered workshop programs or supported

work programs, which are operated by any facility within such office,

subject to the provisions of section one hundred seventy-five-c of the

state finance law.