Section 29.17. Clothing and money to be furnished patients discharged or released  


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  • No patient shall be discharged or released from a department  facility
      without  suitable  clothing  adapted  to  the  season  in  which  he  is
      discharged or released; and if it  cannot  be  otherwise  obtained,  the
      facility  shall  upon the order of the director, or of the commissioner,
      as the case may be, furnish the same,  and  money  not  exceeding  fifty
      dollars,  to  defray  his  expenses  until he can reach his relatives or
      friends, or find employment to earn a subsistence.