43 unless approved in writing by a majority of the com44 missioners. Each commissioner may make other such 45 visits as the commission may deem necessary. 1 L. 1890, ch. 273, § 11. (Post, p. 1817.) § 8. Regulations, forms and instructions.— The commis2 sion shall make such regulations in regard to the 3 correspondence of the insane in custody as, in its 4 judgment, will promote their interests; and shall make 5 and furnish a uniform set of forms and instructions for 6 the use of officers and persons having duties to perform 7 relating to the insane under this chapter, and the 8 authorities having such persons in charge shall comply 9 with the same. L. 1890, ch. 273, § 18. 1 § 9. Annual report. The commission shall, annually, 2 in the month of January, report to the legislature their 3 acts and proceedings for the year ending September 4 thirtieth next preceding, with such facts in regard to 5 the management of the institutions for the insane as 6 they may deem necessary for its information, and such 7 amendments to this chapter as they may deem desirable. L. 1890, ch. 273, § 18. (Post, p. 1821.) 1 § 10. State hospital districts. The state, except the 2 counties of New York, Kings and Monroe, is divided 3 into the following seven state hospital districts: 4 District No. 1, comprising the counties of Suffolk, 5 Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan and 6 Ulster, 7 District No. 2, comprising the counties of West8 chester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, Rensselaer and 9 Washington. 10 District No. 3, comprising the counties of Albany, 11 Saratoga, Schenectady, Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton, 12 Herkimer, Oneida and Madison. 13 District No. 4, comprising the counties of Greene, 14 Schoharie, Delaware, Otsego, Chenango, Cortland, 15 Broome and Tioga. 16 District No. 5, comprising the counties of Essex, War17 ren, Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, 8 Onondaga and Oswego. 19 District No. 6, comprising the counties of Tompkins, 20 Seneca, Wayne, Yates, Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, 21 Chemung, Steuben, Livingston and Allegany. 22 District No. 7, comprising the counties of Orleans, 23 Genesee, Wyoming, Catteraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and 24 Niagara. L. 1890, ch. 126, § 1. (Post, p. 1807.) 1 § 11. Change of state hospital districts. Whenever it 2 shall be necessary to more conveniently care for the 3 insane in the various hospitals, the commission may 4 change the limits of such hospital districts. When a 5 new state hospital shall be established, they shall again 6 divide the state into hospital districts, but no county 7 shall be divided in any such change or re-establishment 8 of districts. Not more than one of the existing state 9 hospitals shall be embraced in any one district. Before 10 any such change or re-establishment of hospital districts " 11 shall be made, the board of directors of each state hos12 pital shall be notified by the commission that they may 13 be heard at a specified time and place. The commission 14 shall cause the several hospital districts to be so defined 15 that the number of patients in each district shall be 16 in proportion to the accommodations which are or 17 may be provided by the state hospital within such 18 district. 1 L. 1890, ch. 126, § 1. § 12. Inclusion of excepted counties. - The board of 2 supervisors of the counties of Kings or Monroe, or the 3 board of aldermen of the city of New York, may make 4 written application to the commission for the transfer 5 to the state of any or all of the property used by such 6 county or city respectively, for the care, custody and 7 treatment of the insane therein, upon such terms and 8 conditions as may be specified in the application. 9 The commission shall examine into the condition of 10 such property and its value, with the view to ascertain 11 if such property is suitable for the purposes of a state 12 hospital for the insane, and if so, whether the terms and 13 conditions proposed are just and proper, and report its 14 findings and conclusions to the governor, who shall 15 transmit the same to the legislature, with such recom16 mendations, if any, as he may deem proper for the 17 conversion of such property into state hospitals. There18 after such property shall belong to the state, and such 19 county or city shall be included by the commission in 20 or created a state hospital district, and shall be subject 21 to the provisions of this act. 1 L. 1890, ch. 126, § 14. (Post, p. 1811.) § 13. Reassignment of patients upon change of hospital 2 districts. When a change or re-establishment of state 3 hospital districts shall be made, or a new state hospital 4 district created, the commission shall make a report 5 thereof, designating the counties included within each 6 district affected thereby, and the number of patients 7 assigned to each hospital, and tile the same with the 8 secretary of state, and send a copy to the directors and 9 superintendent of each state hospital, and to each judge 10 of a court of record, each county superintendent of the 11 poor, and each county clerk in the state, to be filed in 12 his office. When a new state hospital is established, a 13 number of poor or indigent patients shall be assigned to 14 it by the commission. L. 1890, ch. 126, § 2. (Post, p. 1808.) . XXVIII 14-16 1 8 14. Record of medical examiners.— The commission 2 shall keep, in its office, a record, showing the name, 3 residence and certificate of each duly qualified medical 4 examiner, and shall immediately file in its office, when 5 received, each duly certified copy of a medical exam6 iner's certificate, and advise the examiner of its receipt 7 and filing. 1 L. 1890, ch. 273, § 7. § 15. Record of patients.-The commission shall keep 2 in its office, in a book prepared for the purpose, and 3 accessible only to themselves, their secretary and clerk, 4 except by their written consent, or an order of a court 5 of record, a record showing: 6 1. The name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, 7 civil condition, date of commitment, name and residence 8 of every patient in custody in the several institutions for 9 the care and treatment of insane persons in the state, 10 and the name and residence of the persons signing such 11 medical certificate, and of the judge making the order 12 of commitment. 13 2. The name of the institution where each patient is 14 confined, the date of admission, and whether brought 15 from home or another institution, and if so, what 16 institution, by whom brought, and the patient's physical 17 condition. 18 3. The date of the discharge of each patient from such 19 institution since the second day of May, 1890, and 20 whether recovered, improved, or unimproved, and to 21 whose care committed. 22 4. If transferred, for what cause, and to what institu23 tion; and if dead, the date and cause of death. 1 L. 1890, ch. 273, § 8. (Post, p. 1816.) 816. Institutions to furnish information to commission.— 2 The authorities of the several institutions for the insane 3 shall furnish to the commission the facts mentioned in 4 the last preceding section, and such other facts obtain5 able as the commission may, from time to time, require 6 of them. 7 The superintendent or person in charge of such insti8 tutions, whether public or private, must, within ten days 9 after the admission of an insane person thereto, cause a 10 true copy of the medical certificate and order on which 11 such person shall have been received, to be made and 12 forwarded to the office of the commission; and when a 13 patient shall be discharged, transferred or shall die 14 therein, such superintendent or person in charge shall, 15 within three days thereafter, send the information to 16 the office of the commission, in accordance with the 17 forms prescribed by it. 1 L. 1890, ch. 273, § 9. (Post, p. 1817.) $ 17. Commission to provide for the prospective wants of 2 the insane. The commission shall provide sufficient 3 accommodations for the immediate prospective wants 4 of the poor and indigent insane of the state, and to pre5 vent over-crowding in the state hospitals, they shall 6 recommend to the legislature the establishment of other 7 state hospitals in such parts of the state as in their 8 judgment will best meet the requirements of the insane. 9 They shall also furnish to the comptroller on or before 10 the fifteenth day of September in each year an estimate 11 of the probable number of patients who will become 12 inmates of the respective state hospitals during the year 13 beginning October first next ensuing, and the cost of all 14 the additional buildings and equipments, if any, which 15 will be required to carry out the provisions of this 16 chapter relating to the care, custody and treatment of 17 the poor and indigent insane of the state. 18 On the basis of these estimates and the estimates of 19 the directors of the several state hospitals, as herein. 20 required to be made, the comptroller shall in his next 21 annual report to the legislature state his estimate of the 22 amount to be provided for by the state for the support 23 of such insane persons, and for the erection and equip24 ment of such buildings as may be recommended. L. 1890, ch. 126, §§ 10, 12. (Post, p. 1817.) |