(a) Subject to reasonable rules regarding hours of visitation which the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may adopt, patients in any treatment facility or hospital shall be granted opportunities for adequate consultation with counsel, and for continuing contact with family and friends consistent with an effective treatment program.
(b) Neither mail nor other communication to or from a patient in any treatment facility or hospital may be intercepted, read or censored. The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules regarding the use of telephones by patients in such facilities.