Welcome to The Conference
The New York State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors (“Conference”) is established in conformity with requirements in Article 41 of the New York Mental Hygiene Law for the membership to consist of the commissioner/director of each of the state’s 57 county mental hygiene departments and the mental hygiene department of the City of New York.
The Conference advances state and local policies, practices, laws, regulation and funding for the purpose of ensuring comprehensive, integrated and cost-effective systems of care to meet the needs of those persons, and their families, affected by mental illness, developmental disability and/or chemical dependency.