NY Pub Auth L § 3606 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 10-C - New York Health Care Corporations Title 5 - Clifton-Fine Health Care Corporation 3606 - Special Powers of the Corporation.

§  3606. Special powers of the corporation. In order to effectuate the purposes of  this  title,  the  corporation  shall  have  the  following additional  powers,  except  as limited by this title, the public health law, the mental hygiene law, the social services law, the education  law and any other applicable law or regulation:   1.  To  operate,  manage,  superintend and control any health facility under its jurisdiction and to repair, maintain and otherwise keep up any such health  facility;  and  to  establish,  collect  and  adjust  fees, rentals,  and  other charges for the sale, lease or sublease of any such health facility, subject to the terms and conditions  of  any  contract, lease, sublease or other agreement with the towns;   2.  To  provide health and medical services for the public directly or by agreement or lease  with  any  person,  firm  or  private  or  public corporation  or  association  through or in the health facilities of the corporation  or  otherwise  and  to  make  internal  policies  governing admissions  and  health  and medical services; and to establish, collect and adjust fees and other charges for the provision of such  health  and medical  services;  and  to  provide and maintain resident physician and intern  medical  services;  and  to  sponsor   and   conduct   research, educational and training programs;   3.  To  provide  uncompensated  care to persons in need of health care services without the ability to pay;   4. (a) To provide, maintain and operate a medical  transport  service, provided,  however,  nothing  herein shall prohibit the corporation from adopting a schedule of charges for medical transport;  (b) For purposes of section three thousand eight of the public  health law,  the  corporation  shall  be  deemed  to  be a municipality for the purposes of determining a public need to operate an ambulance service;   5. To enter into contracts, leases, subleases and other agreements for the purpose of affiliating with a medical college  in  conjunction  with the  corporation's  health  facilities, which agreements may provide for the  management,  operation  and  staffing  of  health  facilities,  the reconstruction,   renovation  or  addition  to  health  facilities;  the provision of necessary facilities,  utilities  and  services;  and  such other  conditions  or features necessary and proper for such purpose and for the public health and general welfare;   6. To determine the conditions under which a physician may be extended the  privilege  of  practicing  within  a  health  facility  under   the jurisdiction  of  the corporation, and to promulgate reasonable internal policies for the conduct of all persons, physicians  and  nurses  within such facility;   7. To participate in managed care networks, fee-for-service, and other joint   and  cooperative  arrangements  for  the  provision  of  general comprehensive and specialty health care services,  directly  or  through contract with other service providers or entities including employees or entities of the state;   8.   To   establish  subsidiary  corporations  or  other  entities  in accordance with subdivision nine of this section:  (a) to meet the demands of health care delivery changes; and  (b) to market, manufacture or develop products or  services  developed by the corporation's clinical and research activities;   9. (a) To form or participate in the formation of one or more entities pursuant  to the business corporation law, the limited liability company law, the not-for-profit corporation law, or the partnership law in order to effectuate the purposes and powers of subdivisions seven and eight of this section.  (b) No subsidiary of the corporation shall  own,  operate,  manage  or control  the  existing  acute  inpatient  and  outpatient facilities and services now in operation on the grounds of the Clifton-Fine Hospital.  (c)  Any  such  subsidiary  may  be  authorized to act as a general or limited partner in a partnership or as a member of a  limited  liability company,  and  enter  into  an  arrangement  calling  for an initial and subsequent payment by such subsidiary in consideration of an interest in revenues or other contractual rights.