2010 New York Code
MHY - Mental Hygiene
Title E - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 41 - (41.01 - 41.57) LOCAL SERVICES
41.42 - Family support programs.

§ 41.42 Family support programs.
    The  commissioner  of mental health, directly or through contract, and
  within amounts made available therefor, shall establish a family support
  program. The purpose of the program shall be to examine  the  impact  of
  the  provision  of  educational and support services on the incidence of
  hospitalization. Such services  shall  be  provided  to  family  members
  caring for chronically, mentally ill relatives at home and shall include
  but  not  be  limited  to  ongoing psychoeducational training which will
  enhance the family's ability to care for disabled relatives at  home  by
  assisting  them  in  understanding  the  nature  and cause of the mental
  illness and providing them with the knowledge of strategies for handling
  the symptoms and behavior of disabled family members.  The  commissioner
  may  authorize  the  development  of  a training curriculum, and a staff
  training program to implement this program and to design and  carry  out
  an evaluation of this program.