§ 29.18 Client service report.\n (a) The commissioner shall establish a client service report system\nfor the purpose of providing notification of services or treatment\nprovided to individual patients or clients to such patients or clients,\nto persons duly authorized to represent such patients or clients,\nincluding a parent or parents, legal guardian or next-of-kin if a\npatient or client is a minor, and to appropriate directors of community\nservices and social services as hereinafter prescribed.\n (b) A client service report shall be prepared for each patient or\nclient receiving services or treatment in a department facility, or\nprogram to include, but not be limited to, information regarding the\ntypes, location, date and estimated costs of services and names of\npersons responsible for providing such services to each patient or\nclient during the course of his treatment or during each twelve month\nperiod of treatment, whichever time period is shorter. Such report shall\nbe made available as hereinafter prescribed no later than thirty days\nafter the end of such course of treatment if such course is less than\ntwelve months in duration, or after the anniversary date of the\npatient's admission to a department facility or of the initial\nparticipation in a program or course of treatment of an individual who\nis not a resident of the department facility if the program or course of\ntreatment is more than twelve months in duration.\n (c) Upon request, such client service report shall be made available\nto the patient or client, or to a person or persons representing him on\nhis behalf, including the parent or parents, legal guardian or\nnext-of-kin, if such patient or client is a minor. At their request and\nwith the consent of the commissioner and the patient or client, such\nclient service report shall be made available to the appropriate\ndirector of community services and/or social services and the mental\nhygiene legal service.\n (d) The commissioner shall establish procedures for making such client\nservice reports available to the persons provided in this section, and\nfor advising patients and clients, their representatives, directors of\ncommunity services and social services and the mental hygiene legal\nservice of the availability of such reports and the established\nprocedures for obtaining them.\n
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