N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law § 7.49: Reporting obligations

* § 7.49 Reporting obligations.

The office shall post annually on or before January first on its

website:

(a) the number of defendants committed to the custody of the

commissioner by a final order of observation issued pursuant to section

730.40 of the criminal procedure law;

(b) the originating counties for such orders;

(c) the institutions to which the office designated such defendants

for observation;

(d) for defendants observed at a hospital operated by the office, the

rate of inpatient admission, the average length of stay, the number of

defendants who were referred to additional services, the number of

defendants who were not referred to additional services, and whether

discharge planning was conducted; and

(e) for defendants observed at a hospital not operated by the office,

the number of defendants admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit and

the number of defendants evaluated and discharged without inpatient

admission.

* NB Effective January 1, 2027