§ 29.07 Commissioner's powers over admissions to department facilities.

(a) The commissioner may by order defer admissions to any facility in
the department when the total number of patients therein exceeds its
capacity to an extent which will not permit adequate care and treatment
to be provided patients.

(b) If the commissioner shall determine that overcrowding exists in
the department schools, he may, within the amounts appropriated
therefor, authorize admission for care and treatment of any person with
a developmental disability to a designated facility approved for such
purposes by the commissioner. The patient and any liable relatives shall
be liable for payment of fees in accordance with article forty-three of
this chapter.