State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled Agency History Record.
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New York (State). Dept. of Mental Hygiene.
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For the first fifty years of the State's history, local governments and private agencies were responsible for the care of New York State's mentally ill. In 1836 (Chapter 82), the legislature authorized the construction of the State's first mental health institution, the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, which opened in 1843. By 1890, the State had opened nine additional asylums for the mentally ill. Local governments were responsible for expenses of inmates at these asylums and continu...
New York (State). State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled
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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The Commission on Quality Care for the Mentally Disabled (CQC) provides independent oversight and review of the operations of state and non-state programs serving the mentally ill, the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled, as well as alcohol and substance abusers. Functions, powers and duties proceed from creating legislation (Laws of 1977, Chapter 655) and Article 45 of the Mental Hygiene Law. As mandated by state Public Law and specific federal laws, o...
