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MATTER OF WILLIAM C.

64 A.D.3d 277 (2009)

880 N.Y.S.2d 317

In the Matter of WILLIAM C., Appellant. DEAN R. WEINSTOCK, Executive Director of Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided May 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Mineola (Sidney Hirschfeld, Scott M. Wells and Dennis B. Feld of counsel), for appellant.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York City (Michael S. Belohlavek, Monica Wagner and Richard Jackson of counsel), for respondent.

MASTRO, J.P., FLORIO and ENG, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BALKIN, J.

Enacted in 1999, Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60, commonly known as Kendra's Law,1 provides a framework for the judicial authorization of involuntary outpatient treatment programs for persons suffering from mental illnesses. It requires those persons who have a history of medication noncompliance and decompensation to receive mental health services, or else face involuntary commitment. The issue...

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