In re Weinstock

OPINION OF THE COURT

Anthony J. Cutrona, J.

Petitioner, Kingboro Psychiatric Center (petitioner), commenced this special proceeding in Kings County seeking authorization for assisted outpatient treatment (ACT) for patient respondent Julio H. (respondent), pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60 (Kendra’s Law). At the hearing, petitioner introduced into evidence, as a basis for satisfying one of the required criteria enumerated in Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60, that respondent assaulted a staff psychiatrist during his present hospitalization.

Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60 (c) (4) states in pertinent part:

“(…