Mental health records
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Mental health records shall be maintained within the facility, accessible to appropriate facility health staff, and kept confidential in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and statutes.
(b)The mental health record shall contain:
(1)a record of current medications used for mental health treatment;
(2)all physician's orders;
(3)any parental/legal guardian consent(s);
(4)all screenings, assessments and clinical notes.
(c)When a youth is transferred to another facility, a facility operated or certified by OCFS, or a facility operated by the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, a copy of the youth's mental health record shall be forwarded, in a confidential manner, to the receiving facility.