NY Ment Hygiene L § 13.31 (2021)
2021 New York Laws MHY - Mental Hygiene Title C - Developmental Disabilties Act Article 13 - Office for People With Developmental Disabilities 13.31 - Disposition of Moneys and Securities.

§ 13.31 Disposition of moneys and securities.  (a)  The  commissioner,  or  the  officer  or  employee  of the office designated by him or her, shall:   1. Receive and turn over to the comptroller for liquidation all bonds, notes, mortgages, trust funds,  and  other  securities  and  obligations belonging  to  the  office for people with developmental disabilities or any  subdivision  thereof,  except  such  as  may  have  come  into  the possession  of  the said office or any subdivision thereof on account of or for the payment of charges for the care, maintenance,  and  treatment after  January  first,  nineteen hundred sixty-four of patients at those mental hygiene facilities as defined in section three of the  facilities development  corporation act which are under his or her jurisdiction, in which case the same shall be turned over to the commissioner of taxation and finance as agent for  the  facilities  development  corporation  for liquidation, and he or she shall have the authority to transfer all such securities and evidences of indebtedness and to execute on behalf of the office  for  people  with  developmental  disabilities  or  any  of  its facilities or the facilities development corporation a satisfaction  and release thereof.   2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of sections one hundred six and one hundred twenty-one of  the  state  finance  law,  pay  over  all  moneys received  for  the care, maintenance, and treatment after January first, nineteen  hundred  sixty-four  of  patients  at  those  mental   hygiene facilities  as  defined  in  section three of the facilities development corporation act which are under his jurisdiction, less refunds  made  on account  thereof  pursuant  to  section  43.11  of  this chapter, to the commissioner of  taxation  and  finance  as  agent  for  the  facilities development corporation, for the corporate purposes of such corporation, and  deposit  all  other  moneys  received  in  a bank designated by the comptroller. He shall submit a statement each month to  the  comptroller and  to  the directors of the facilities development corporation showing the amounts so received for the  care,  maintenance,  and  treatment  of patients  at  such  facilities,  the  refunds  made  on  account thereof pursuant to section 43.11 of this chapter, and the dates when  any  such payments  were  made  to  the commissioner of taxation and finance. Such statement shall be certified to by  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and finance.  He  shall  also  submit  each month to the comptroller and the directors of the facilities development corporation a separate statement showing the amount of all other moneys received and deposited in a  bank designated  by  the  comptroller as aforesaid, the persons from whom and for what purposes received, and the dates  when  any  deposits  of  such moneys were made. All statements of deposit shall be certified to by the proper  officer of the bank receiving the deposits therein specified. He shall make an affidavit each month that the sums so  paid  over  to  the commissioner  of taxation and finance and deposited in such bank are all the moneys received by him from any source of  institutional  income  to the  date of the last payment, or deposit, appearing on either statement and such affidavit shall be filed with the comptroller and the directors of the facilities development corporation.  A  bank  designated  by  the comptroller  to receive the aforesaid deposits shall, before any deposit is made, execute a bond to the people of the state, in a sum approved by the comptroller, for the safekeeping of the funds deposited.  (b) The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be  applicable  to community  mental  health  and developmental disabilities facilities, as defined in section three of the facilities development corporation  act, nor  to  payments  made  for  the  care,  maintenance,  and treatment of patients at such community mental health and developmental  disabilities facilities.