Statute · New York Social Services Law
N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 199 — Power of commissioner of public welfare to detain certain incarcerated individuals
N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 199
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- Statute
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- New York Social Services Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 199. Power of commissioner of public welfare to detain certain incarcerated individuals. The commissioner of public welfare shall have power to detain in the public home, pending a vacancy for such person in a state institution, a person over the age of sixteen who has been certified as an…
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N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 199 — Power of commissioner of public welfare to detain certain incarcerated individuals is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 199. Power of commissioner of public welfare to detain certain incarcerated individuals. The commissioner of public welfare shall have power to detain in the public home, pending a vacancy for such person in a state institution, a person over the age of sixteen who has been certified as an individual with a developmental disability in accordance with the provisions of the mental hygiene law and for whom an application for admission to a state institution has been made. Whenever the commissioner shall so detain an incarcerated individual in the public home he or she shall at once notify the state department of mental hygiene.