New York State Department of Mental Hygiene

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Formed1927
Jurisdiction New York
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The Department of Mental Hygiene (DMH) is an agency of the New York state government composed of three autonomous offices:

Contents

These offices are headed up by a commissioner who also serves on a council that performs inter-office coordination. [2] Their regulations are compiled in title 14 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations .

Mental health

The majority of the public mental health system is in voluntary outpatient programs, the largest and most used being clinic treatment services. [3] Inpatient care is provided mainly by homeless shelters, supplemented by the general hospital network, jails, and state psychiatric centers. [4] 45–57% of New York mental health consumers use Medicaid, which is the largest single source of funding. [5]

The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is responsible for assuring the development of comprehensive plans, programs, and services in the areas of research, prevention, and care, treatment, rehabilitation, education, and training of the mentally ill. [6] Programs include inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, day care, emergency, and rehabilitative treatments and services. [7] OMH regulates and licenses private mental health services, such private psychiatric centers, clinics, and treatment facilities, including those in hospitals and schools.[ citation needed ] OMH also regulates residential treatment facilities for children and youth operated by nonprofit corporations. [8] [9] The public hospitals in the department are listed below, though there are many other private facilities; the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research are medical research institutes. [10] The New York State Incident Management and Reporting System (NIMRS) is used by providers for reportable incidents.

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Bellevue Hospital is sometimes used as a metonym for psychiatric hospitals
HospitalCountyRegion
Greater Binghamton Health Center Broome Southern Tier
Bronx Psychiatric Center Bronx New York City
Buffalo Psychiatric Center Erie Western New York
Capital District Psychiatric Center Albany Capital District
Central New York Psychiatric Center Oneida Mohawk Valley
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Queens New York City
Elmira Psychiatric Center Chemung Southern Tier
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Kings New York City
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center New York New York City
Manhattan Psychiatric Center New York New York City
Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center Orange Mohawk Valley
Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Oneida Mohawk Valley
Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research Rockland Hudson Valley
New York State Psychiatric Institute New York New York City
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Suffolk Long Island
Richard H. Hutchings Psychiatric Center Onondaga Central New York
Rochester Psychiatric Center Monroe Finger Lakes
Rockland Psychiatric Center Rockland Hudson Valley
St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center St. Lawrence North Country
South Beach Psychiatric Center Richmond New York City
New York City Children's Center New York City
Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center Rockland Hudson Valley
Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center Suffolk Long Island
Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center Erie Western New York

OMH provides funding for eligible workforce development initiatives of licensed providers. Funding comes from federal Community Mental Health Services Block Grants and the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages program, more recently from e.g. the CRRSAA and American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (COVID-19 stimuli packages), for targeted rate increases and recruitment and retention funds. [11] [12] The state FY 2024 budget also included funding for cost-of-living adjustments and expanded loan forgiveness for social workers and technicians. [13] Many essential workers are still earning far below a living wage even after the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] NYSDOL oversees the operation of local WIOA career centers (one-stop centers) that offer a range of employment and training services, including job search assistance, resume writing help, and access to job training programs.

The Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council (BHSAC) advises OMH by reviewing, monitoring, and evaluating the adequacy and delivery of services. [14] [15] [16] The state Mental Hygiene Legal Service (MHLS) provides legal representation, advice, and assistance to mentally disabled persons under the care or jurisdiction of state-operated or licensed facilities concerning their admission, retention, care, or treatment. [17] [18] [19] In the State Legislature, the Senate Mental Health and Assembly Mental Health standing committees conduct legislative oversight, budget advocacy, and otherwise report bills on the services, care, treatment, and advocacy for individuals with various disabilities, [20] [21] while the Senate Health and Assembly Health standing committees focus on healthcare facilities operations and services delivery more generally. [22] [23]

Addiction

The Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) provides funding, technical assistance, and oversight to a network of over 1,300 community-based addiction treatment programs, as well as 12 state-operated addiction treatment centers.

Statewide Health Information Network

The Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY, pronounced "shiny") is a health information exchange that allows healthcare providers to access and share patient data, managed by the nonprofit New York eHealth Collaborative. The Regional Health Information Organizations include:

History

In 1836–1843 the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica (Utica State Hospital) was established, and in 1865–1869 the Willard Asylum (Willard State Hospital) was established for the incurably insane and mentally ill paupers in the poorhouses. [24] [25] [26] [27] Throughout the late 18th and most of the 19th centuries, families and county poorhouses provided care to the mentally disabled, but in 1890 the State Care Act made the state responsible for the pauper insane. [28] [27] In 1909 the Insanity Law was consolidated in chapter 27 of the Consolidated Laws of New York. [29]

The department was established in 1926–1927 with the original name being Office of mental hygiene; as part of a restructuring of the New York state government, and was given responsibility for people diagnosed with mental retardation, mental illness or epilepsy. [30] [31] [2] Dr. Frederick W. Parsons was appointed the first department commissioner in January, 1927. [32] He was replaced by Dr. William J. Tiffany in 1937, who then resigned in 1943 over an investigation into handling of an outbreak of amoebic dysentery at Creedmoor State Hospital. [33] By 1950, the department had grown into the largest agency of the New York state government, with more than 24,000 employees and an operating cost exceeding a third of the state budget. [34] The state acceded to the Interstate Compact on Mental Health in 1956.

The Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse was transferred from the New York State Department of Health to the Department of Mental Hygiene in 1962. [35] In 1972 the Mental Hygiene Law was revised and reenacted. [36] In 1978, the Department of Mental Hygiene was reorganized into the autonomous Office of Mental Health (OMH), Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, and the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD). [37] [2] These three offices are headed up by a commissioner who also serves on a council that performs inter-office coordination. [2] In 2010 the OMRDD became the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). [38] [39] [40] In 2019 the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse became the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). [41] [42] [43]

Commissioners

DMH

OMH

OPWDD

OASAS

See also

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