Legislation

* § 7.49 Reporting obligations.

The office shall post annually on or before January first on its
website:

(a) the number of defendants committed to the custody of the
commissioner by a final order of observation issued pursuant to section
730.40 of the criminal procedure law;

(b) the originating counties for such orders;

(c) the institutions to which the office designated such defendants
for observation;

(d) for defendants observed at a hospital operated by the office, the
rate of inpatient admission, the average length of stay, the number of
defendants who were referred to additional services, the number of
defendants who were not referred to additional services, and whether
discharge planning was conducted; and

(e) for defendants observed at a hospital not operated by the office,
the number of defendants admitted to the inpatient psychiatric unit and
the number of defendants evaluated and discharged without inpatient
admission.

* NB Effective January 1, 2027