§ 47-b. Mental hygiene improvement bonds and notes. 1. Definitions.\nFor the purposes of section forty-seven and of this section:\n a. "Community mental health and developmental disabilities facility"\nshall mean a building, a unit within a building, a laboratory, a\nclassroom, a housing unit, a dining hall, an activities center, a\nlibrary, or any structure on or improvement to real property of any kind\nor description, including fixtures and equipment which are an integral\npart of such building, unit or structure or improvement, a walkway, a\nroadway or a parking lot and improvements and connections for water,\nsewer, gas, electrical, telephone, heating, air conditioning and other\nutility services, or a combination of any of the foregoing, whether for\npatient care and treatment or staff, staff family or service use,\nlocated in a city, or in a county not wholly included within a city,\nauthorized to provide community mental health services in accordance\nwith the provisions of article forty-one of title E of the mental\nhygiene law, which is utilized or to be utilized for the administration\nand conduct of programs for people living with either mental illness or\ndevelopmental disabilities, or both, and for the provision of services\ntherefor. A community mental health and developmental disabilities\nfacility shall also mean and include a residential facility to be\noperated as a community residence for the mentally disabled, and a\ntreatment facility for use in the conduct of an alcoholism treatment\nprogram or of a substance abuse treatment program as defined in the\nmental hygiene law.\n b. "Mental hygiene facility" shall mean a building, a unit within a\nbuilding, a laboratory, a classroom, a housing unit, a dining hall, an\nactivities center, a library, or any structure on or improvement to real\nproperty of any kind or description, including fixtures and equipment\nwhich are an integral part of any such building, unit, structure or\nimprovement, a walkway, a roadway or a parking lot, and improvements and\nconnections for water, sewer, gas, electrical, telephone, heating, air\nconditioning and other utility services, or a combination of any of the\nforegoing, whether for patient care and treatment or staff, staff family\nor service use, located at or related to any state hospital, any state\nschool, or any state psychiatric or research institute now or hereafter\nestablished under the professional jurisdiction, supervision and control\nof the state department of mental hygiene. A mental hygiene facility\nshall mean and include a "community mental health and developmental\ndisabilities facility", unless such facility is expressly excepted or\nthe context clearly requires otherwise, and shall also mean and include\na treatment facility for use in the conduct of an alcoholism or\nsubstance abuse treatment program as defined in the mental hygiene law,\nunless such facility is expressly excepted or the context clearly\nrequires otherwise. The definition contained in this subdivision shall\nnot be construed to exclude therefrom a facility to be made available\nunder license or permit from the health and mental hygiene facilities\nimprovement corporation to a voluntary agency at the request of the\ncommissioners of the offices of the department of mental hygiene having\njurisdiction thereof for use in providing community mental health and\ndevelopmental disabilities services, or for use in the conduct of an\nalcoholism or substance abuse treatment program.\n c. "Mental hygiene improvement bonds" and "mental hygiene improvement\nnotes" shall mean bonds and notes, respectively, issued by the agency\npursuant to subdivision two of this section.\n d. "Mental hygiene facilities improvement program" shall mean a\nprogram undertaken by the agency and the health and mental hygiene\nfacilities improvement corporation for the purpose of constructing,\nacquiring, reconstructing, rehabilitating or improving mental hygiene\nfaciliti
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