§ 9. Provisions relating to mental hygiene facilities improvement\nprogram and monies thereof. 1. Capital construction planning,\nconstruction standards, design and municipal regulations.\n a. The appropriate commissioner or director of the department shall\ncause to be prepared, with the assistance of the corporation, the\ncommissioner of general services and the division of the budget,\nproposed standards for all mental hygiene facilities or classes of\nmental hygiene facilities to be financed, refinanced, designed,\nconstructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved pursuant to\ncontracts executed by the corporation, the commissioner of general\nservices, the state housing finance agency or the medical care\nfacilities finance agency, other than mental hygiene facilities owned or\nleased by one or more voluntary agencies that are to be financed,\nrefinanced, designed, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or\nimproved pursuant to any such contract. The proposed standards may, in\nthe discretion of the appropriate commissioner or director of the\ndepartment, include, among other things, provisions relating to the\nquality and type of materials to be used in such facilities, provisions\nfor safety, fire protection, health and sanitation, provisions for the\ninstallation of fixtures, furnishings, equipment, machinery and\napparatus in such facilities, and construction features deemed by the\nappropriate commissioner or director of the department to be desirable\nfor the care, maintenance and treatment of the mentally disabled or for\nthe use of staff personnel at mental hygiene facilities and their\nfamilies. The proposed standards shall be forwarded to the governor for\nhis approval, disapproval or modification. The proposed standards shall\nbe deemed adopted, with or without modifications as the case may be,\nupon written approval by the governor. Such standards, in the form\nadopted, shall be filed by the appropriate commissioner or director of\nthe department with the secretary of state in the manner provided by\nsection one hundred two of the executive law.\n Changes in the construction standards so adopted may from time to time\nbe formulated and proposed, approved, disapproved or modified, adopted\nand filed in the same manner as the original standards.\n b. The directors of the corporation shall prepare or cause to be\nprepared for the state housing finance agency or the medical care\nfacilities finance agency, within the amounts appropriated therefor or\notherwise available, the building plans, the exterior drawings or models\ndisplaying the architectural concept of each mental hygiene facility\nthereafter to be constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved,\nand the detailed plans and specifications for all such construction,\nreconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement work to be performed, all\nof which shall be subject to the separate approval of the appropriate\ncommissioner of the department and, in the case of community mental\nhealth and developmental disabilities facilities, of the governing body\nof the city or county or of such officer, department, agency or\ncommunity mental health board as may be designated by such governing\nbody for the purpose of such approval. The directors of the corporation,\nexcept in the case of community mental health and developmental\ndisabilities facilities, may cause the building plans, drawings, models\nand detailed plans and specifications for such work to be prepared under\nthe direction of the commissioner of general services in accordance with\nthe terms of any agreement entered into between the corporation and such\ncommissioner pursuant to subdivision two of this section. In the case of\ncommunity mental health and developmental disabilities facilities, the\ndirectors of the corporation may cause such building plans, drawings,\nmodels and detailed plans and specifications for such work to be\nprepared by its own employees, or on a contract basis, o
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