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| Mental Hygiene Legal Service, 2nd Judicial Department |
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| WHO WE ARE |
The Mental Hygiene Legal Service (MHLS) is a New York State agency responsible for representing, advocating and litigating on behalf of individuals receiving services for a mental disability. We are a dedicated legal advocacy program providing a broad range of protective legal services and assistance to mentally disabled persons under the care or jurisdiction of State-operated or licensed facilities. We also provide representation and advocacy to sex offenders alleged to have mental abnormalities making them likely to re-offend and are therefore in need of civil confinement or intensive supervision.
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| HOW TO GET HELP |
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 To contact this group, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS below: |
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Our staff attorneys generally initiate our involvement with clients when they have been notified that an individual is receiving or is alleged to need services either through faculty admissions lists or service of process upon us. Occasionally individuals may have brief questions. They may call us as follows: 1) Kings, Queens, Richmond- 718-264-3340 2) Nassau, Suffolk- 631-439-1726 3) Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess- 845-359-0606. A poster with our telephone number is posted in every in-patient facility and our staff visits each facility and contacts the patients. |
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| WHO WE SERVE |
| See below for an explanation of restrictions on who we can serve. |
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| Area(s) Served:
Dutchess, Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester
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Our services are limited to individuals receiving or alleged to be in need of services for a mental illness or disability from a state operated or licensed facility or program.
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Languages for which interpreters can be provided: We have funds to hire interpreters. In some offices we have staff speaking Spanish, Croatian, Creole, and Chinese. Interpreters are provided as needed both in and out of court.
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Wheelchair Accessible: Y
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Access for the deaf: We do not have TTY's but institutionalized clients can have staff on the specialized "deaf units" call us. Also, we visit the wards on a regular basis. We have access to interpreters so we can return with an interpreter to see the client . If we are served with legal papers indicating that the client is deaf we will bring an interpreter.
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We represent alleged incapacitated when we are appointed by the court to serve as counsel or court evaluator. When the alleged incapacitated person has substantial assets, the court may award fees to us at the rate of $75 per hour. When there are no assets , we will serve at no fee.
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Other Requirements: For help, you must be:
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a person with disabilities
mentally ill
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| TYPE OF HELP |
| This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources: |
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Full Legal Representation
Brief Advice
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(Get more information about
types of services.)
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GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION
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| Telephone: | 516-746-4545
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| Fax: | 516-746-4372
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