(a) Section 7.09(b) of the Mental Hygiene Law grants the commissioner of the Office of Mental Health the power and responsibility to adopt regulations that are necessary and proper to implement matters under his or her jurisdiction.

(b) Section 7.09(j) of the Mental Hygiene Law gives the Commissioner of Mental Health the power and responsibility to establish within the Office of Mental Health an administrative process to permit a person who has been or may be disqualified pursuant to an adjudication under New York State law from possessing a firearm to petition for relief from that disability, and to promulgate regulations for this purpose.