§ 405. Duty of the department to the director of a hospital. The
department shall notify the director of a hospital in advance of
hearings to be held at such hospital as may be necessary to carry out
the duties of the board of parole or the department. The department
shall assist the department of mental hygiene in establishing or
continuing the operation of grievance procedures at such hospital. Where
the subject matter of the grievance primarily involves a policy or
practice of the department of mental hygiene, the commissioner shall
transfer the review of the grievance to the commissioner of mental
hygiene for resolution pursuant to subdivision three of section one
hundred thirty-nine of the correction law.