Mental Health Service

Mental Hygiene Legal Services 4th Dept.
50 East Ave., Suite 402, Rochester
Voice/TDD 585.530.3050
www.courts.state.ny.us
Responsible for protecting and advocating for the rights of people who reside in, or are alleged to be in need of care and treatment in, facilities licensed to provide services for mental illness, developmental disabilities or chemical dependence, and to advocate for individuals wherever they may reside, who may otherwise become subject to substituted decision making, either by virtue of becoming a ward of the court, by guardianship proceeding, or by virtue of being made subject to other specific substitute decision making authority, or involuntary outpatient treatment, allowed and put in place by the laws of New York State.