{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-199","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Social Services Law § 199","heading":"Power of commissioner of public welfare to detain certain incarcerated individuals","body":"§ 199. Power of commissioner of public welfare to detain certain\nincarcerated individuals. The commissioner of public welfare shall have\npower to detain in the public home, pending a vacancy for such person in\na state institution, a person over the age of sixteen who has been\ncertified as an individual with a developmental disability in accordance\nwith the provisions of the mental hygiene law and for whom an\napplication for admission to a state institution has been made. Whenever\nthe commissioner shall so detain an incarcerated individual in the\npublic home he or she shall at once notify the state department of\nmental hygiene.","path":["Social Services Law","Article 5. Assistance and Care","Title 5. Public Institutional Care For Adults"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SOS/199","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"ccb606be24b034f1451c7fc844322c06f70aeb20a63f3f0c136dffa2d8766767","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-198","next":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}