In the context of this proceeding seeking an order pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.33 authorizing petitioner hospital director to retain respondent as an involuntary psychiatric patient in petitioner's facility, the IAS court did not have power to direct that respondent be transferred from a secure psychiatric facility to a nonsecure facility. The only issue in a retention proceeding under article 9 of the Mental Hygiene Law is whether the patient is in need of involuntary...
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