Notice of admission determination to community provider
§ 9.64 Notice of admission determination to community provider.
Upon an admission to a hospital or received as a patient in a comprehensive psychiatric emergency program, the director of such hospital or program shall, in accordance with section 33.13 of this chapter, ensure that reasonable efforts are made to identify and promptly notify of such determination any community provider of mental health services that maintains such person on its caseload.
On admission to a hospital or CPEP, the director must (per § 33.13) make reasonable efforts to identify and promptly notify any community mental-health provider that keeps the person on its caseload.
★ Exam hits:
Routes & their clocks: Voluntary — 72-hour hold after a written request to leave, then court, hearing in 3 days. Medical certification ("2 PC" = two physicians / or MD + psych NP), application/exam within 10 days; third staff-psychiatrist confirmation before admission. Emergency (§ 9.39) = 15 days, second-physician confirm within 48 hours, hearing within 5 days. CPEP (§ 9.40) = 72 hours, exam started within 6 hours, second confirm + extended-observation bed by 24 hours. DCS (§ 9.37) = confirm within 72 hours.
Court retention ladder (§ 9.33): apply within 60 days of admission; 1st order ≤ 6 months → 2nd ≤ 1 year → each later ≤ 2 years. Silence for 5 days = retention order without a hearing.
§ 9.31 hearing: demand within 60 days, court sets it within 5 days; county-clerk papers are SEALED.
§ 9.35 jury rehearing: petition a different justice within 30 days for a jury trial on mental illness/retention.
Notices: MHLS gets notice forthwith / within 3 days for minors; records to MHLS within 5 days (excl. Sun/holidays); nearest relative + up to 3 designees within 5 days; voluntary/informal reminders every 120 days; voluntary/informal status review cap 12 months.
Kendra's Law / AOT (§ 9.60):age 18+, filed in Supreme/County Court, hearing in 3 days, physician exam within 10 days, criteria proven by clear and convincing evidence, order ≤ 1 year (renewable ≤ 1 year), 24-hour hold for a refused exam. Non-compliance ≠ contempt and ≠ automatic commitment.
§ 9.46 SAFE Act: clinician → DCS → DCJS report tied to Penal Law § 400.00 firearm licenses.
§ 9.59 immunity: transporters liable only for gross negligence.
Alcohol/substance abuse never blocks commitment when the person is also mentally ill (recurs in §§ 9.27, 9.37, 9.39, 9.40).
Verbatim statute: MHL - Article 9
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
In print
This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.