2010 New York Code
MHY - Mental Hygiene
Title E - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 41 - (41.01 - 41.57) LOCAL SERVICES
41.05 - Local governmental unit.

§ 41.05 Local governmental unit.
    (a)  To  be  eligible  for state aid pursuant to this chapter, a local
  government shall establish a local governmental unit, which shall be  an
  identifiable entity within the local government.
    (b) Each local governmental unit shall have a community services board
  for   services   to   the   mentally  ill,  the  mentally  retarded  and
  developmentally  disabled  and  those  suffering  from  alcoholism   and
  substance  abuse  which  shall  have  separate  subcommittees for mental
  health,  mental  retardation   and   developmental   disabilities,   and
  alcoholism,  except  that,  at the discretion of the local government, a
  subcommittee for alcoholism and substance abuse may be substituted for a
  subcommittee for alcoholism.
    (c) Each local governmental unit shall have a director  who  shall  be
  its  chief executive officer. Charter governments may vest policy-making
  functions in the director or they may vest all or some of such functions
  in the board. In all other cases, the policy-making functions shall vest
  in the board.
    (d) Applications to the state for aid pursuant to this  chapter  shall
  be  made  by  the  respective  local  govermental  units, except that an
  application for capital costs may be  made  by  a  voluntary  agency  in
  accordance with the provisions of this article.
    (e)  Each  local governmental unit shall direct and administer a local
  comprehensive planning process for its geographic area, consistent  with
  established  statewide  goals  and objectives. All providers of services
  and department facilities shall participate in and  provide  information
  for  this  planning  process.  The  department  shall  provide technical
  assistance as may be requested by such local governmental units,  within
  available resources.