NY Cty L § 391 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CNT - County Article 7-A - County Tuberculosis Hospitals 391 - Admission of Out of County Patients.

§  391.  Admission of out of county patients. 1. Exclusive of the city   of New York, and exclusive of  counties  served  by  state  tuberculosis   hospitals,  any  person in a county not having a county hospital for the   care and treatment of persons suffering from tuberculosis may  apply  in   person to the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county or to the   state  commissioner  of health for admission to a tuberculosis hospital,   providing that such person submit  with  such  application  a  statement   signed  by a reputable physician that such physician has, within the ten   days preceding the date of such application, examined  such  person  and   that,  in  his opinion, such person is suffering from tuberculosis or is   suspected of having tuberculosis and is in need of  care  and  treatment   therefor.  Upon  receipt  of such application, the clerk of the board of   supervisors or the state commissioner of health, as  the  case  may  be,   shall  forward  the  same  to the superintendent of any state, county or   city hospital for the care and treatment of tuberculosis.2. Whenever the superintendent of such a  hospital  shall  receive  an   application  for  the  admission  of  a  patient  in accordance with the   provisions of subdivision one of this section, if it  appear  from  such   application  that  the  person  therein  referred  to  is suffering from   tuberculosis or is suspected of having tuberculosis and is  in  need  of   care and treatment therefor, the superintendent shall notify said person   to appear in person at the hospital, provided there be a vacancy in such   hospital  and  there  be no pending application from a patient living in   the  county  in  which  the  hospital  is  located.  If,  upon  personal   examination  of  the  patient, the superintendent is satisfied that such   patient is in need of care and  treatment  for  tuberculosis,  he  shall   admit  him  to the hospital. Every patient so admitted shall be a charge   against the county in which he was  living  immediately  prior  to  such   admission.  Such  charge  shall be at a rate to be fixed by the board of   managers, which shall not  exceed  the  per  diem  per  capita  cost  of   maintenance  therein  and  any  cost  of  transportation  to or from the   hospital, except that if the county operating said hospital is currently   receiving state aid for the care and treatment of tuberculosis  patients   pursuant  to  the  public health law, such charge shall be an amount for   each day of such patient's care equivalent to the balance of  the  total   per diem per capita cost of operating such hospital during the preceding   fiscal  year,  as  computed  and  approved  by the state commissioner of   health pursuant to subdivision three of section fifty-four of the public   health law; and the bill therefor shall be audited and paid by the board   of supervisors of the said county. However, if such  patient  has  local   residence,  as  defined  in  the public health law, in some county other   than the one in which he was living immediately prior to such  admission   or  in the city of New York, he shall be a charge upon such other county   or the city of New York, as the case may  be,  and  in  this  event  any   amounts  for  the  cost of such care and treatment which shall have been   paid by the county from which he was admitted shall be charged back  and   reimbursed  to  such county by the aforesaid other county or the city of   New York in which the patient has local residence.  Any patient admitted   to a hospital in accordance with the provisions of  subdivision  one  of   this  section  may pay for his care and treatment in whole or in part if   he volunteers to do so.