Statute · New York Mental Hygiene Law
N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 29.17 — Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or released
N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 29.17
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Mental Hygiene Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 29.17 Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or
Citator
N.Y. Mental Hyg. Law § 29.17 — Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or released is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 29.17 Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or
released.
No patient shall be discharged or released from a department facility without suitable clothing adapted to the season in which he is discharged or released; and if it cannot be otherwise obtained, the facility shall upon the order of the director, or of the commissioner, as the case may be, furnish the same, and money not exceeding fifty dollars, to defray his expenses until he can reach his relatives or friends, or find employment to earn a subsistence.