{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "mhl", "section": "9.11", "citation": "MHL § 9.11", "heading": "Patients' records", "text": ["* § 9.11 Patients' records.", "Except as to informal patients and patients admitted pursuant to section 9.39 or 9.40, the director of a hospital shall within five days, excluding Sunday and holidays, after the admission of any patient forward to the mental hygiene legal service a record of such patient and shall simultaneously forward to the department such information from the record as the commissioner by regulation shall require. Such information from the record in the department shall be accessible only in the manner set forth in section 33.13.", "* NB Effective until July 1, 2027 * § 9.11 Patients' records.", "Except as to informal patients and patients admitted pursuant to section 9.39, the director of a hospital shall within five days, excluding Sunday and holidays, after the admission of any patient forward to the mental hygiene legal service a record of such patient and shall simultaneously forward to the department such information from the record as the commissioner by regulation shall require. Such information from the record in the department shall be accessible only in the manner set forth in section 33.13.", "* NB Effective July 1, 2027"], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/MHY/9.11", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Except informal patients and § 9.39 (and, pre-2027, § 9.40) emergency patients, the director must **within 5 days (excluding Sundays and holidays)** after admission forward the patient's record to **MHLS** ★ and send required info to the department (accessible only per § 33.13). *(Two versions exist; the July 1, 2027 version just drops the § 9.40 reference.)*", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/mhl/9.11", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}