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New York State Department of Mental Hygiene information


Department of Mental Hygiene
Department overview
Formed1927
JurisdictionNew York
Key document
  • Mental Hygiene Law

The Department of Mental Hygiene (DMH) is an agency of the New York state government composed of three autonomous offices:

  • the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
  • the Office of Mental Health (OMH)
  • the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)[1]

These offices are headed up by a commissioner who also serves on a council that performs inter-office coordination.[2] Their regulations are compiled in title 14 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations.

  1. ^ Mental Hygiene Law § 5.01
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ward2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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