New York Consolidated Laws, Mental Hygiene Law - MHY § 9.19 Voluntary and informal admissions;  notices

The director shall cause all patients admitted as voluntary or informal patients to be informed once during each one hundred twenty days of hospitalization of their status and rights, including their right to avail themselves of the facilities of the mental hygiene legal service.  At the time of such periodic notification, the written consent of a patient to his continued stay as a voluntary or informal patient shall be obtained and a copy thereof shall be given to the mental hygiene legal service.