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NY Pub Health L § 408 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 1 - General Provisions 408 - Hospitals; Admission of Patients; in General.

§  408.  Hospitals;  admission  of  patients; in general. 1. If in the   judgment of the director of a hospital in the department the  number  of   patients  of the hospital at any time so far exceeds its proper capacity   that suitable care, training or discipline cannot be given to additional   patients, or for other reasons the admission of such additional patients   is impracticable, the commissioner in his discretion,  may  suspend  the   admission  of  patients  to  such  hospital  until such time as they may   properly be admitted.2. The commissioner shall promptly  notify  courts  and  other  public   officers  empowered  to  commit  persons  to  such  hospital of any such   suspension of admission and of its termination. A  person  committed  to   such  hospital before the court receives notice of such a suspension may   be recommitted to another hospital to which he might have been  lawfully   committed in the first instance.3.  In the admission of patients to such hospital the several counties   and the city of New York shall, so far as practicable,  be  entitled  to   have  in  such  hospital,  patients  in the ratio which their respective   populations bear to the population of the state as  ascertained  by  the   latest federal census or state enumeration.
NY Pub Health L § 409-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 1 - General Provisions 409-B - Distribution of Surplus Revenue.

§  409-b.  Distribution  of  surplus revenue. 1.   Notwithstanding any   inconsistent provisions of section four hundred nine  of  this  article,   the  commissioner  shall  establish  a  plan for distribution of surplus   revenue to the institutional program in accordance with  the  provisions   of this section.2.  The  commissioner  shall  annually  certify to the director of the   budget when there are sufficient receipts deposited to the department of   health income fund to meet the  department's  revenue  target  for  debt   service  and  institutional operations established in the budget for the   fiscal year.3. The commissioner shall allocate the full  amount  of  the  receipts   received  from  state  hospitals  within the department which exceed the   amount certified to the director of the division of the budget  pursuant   to  subdivision two of this section to be paid over and deposited in the   surplus revenue account established pursuant to subdivision four of this   section  to  be  allocated  to  such  facilities  in   accordance   with   subdivision five of this section.4. There shall be established within the special revenue funds - other   a  department  of  health  facility surplus revenue account. All surplus   revenues allocated pursuant to subdivision three of this  section  shall   be  paid over and deposited to the department of health facility surplus   revenue account.5. The  commissioner  shall  segregate  any  funds  available  in  the   department  of  health  facility  surplus  revenue  account  pursuant to   subdivision four of this section  to  the  state  hospitals  within  the   department  based  on  consideration  of  the following factors: (i) the   proportion of funds that  each  facility  contributes  to  such  surplus   revenue;   and  (ii)  the  amounts  each  facility  contributed  to  the   department of health income fund under section four hundred nine of this   article. The amounts shall be allocated to each facility  in  accordance   with  a  plan, subject to the approval of the commissioner, submitted by   each facility to ensure that  such  funds  are  used  for  non-recurring   expenses  including personal services contracts and equipment leases and   rentals that are  for  no  more  than  one  year,  but  are  potentially   renewable and meet all applicable state purchasing requirements.
NY Pub Health L § 410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 1 - General Provisions 410 - Hospitals; Reimbursement.

§   410.   Hospitals;  reimbursement.  No  corporation  organized  and   operating in accordance with article forty-three of the  insurance  law,   organization  operating  in  accordance  with  the provisions of article   forty-four of this chapter, commercial insurer licensed to  do  business   in  this  state and authorized to write accident and health insurance or   payor responsible for payments pursuant  to  the  workers'  compensation   law,  the  volunteer  firefighters' benefit law, the volunteer ambulance   workers' benefit  law  or  the  comprehensive  motor  vehicle  insurance   reparations  act  shall  decline  or  refuse to make payments to a state   hospital in the department as enumerated in section four  hundred  three   of  this  chapter,  in  accordance with rates of payment established for   such payor pursuant to article twenty-eight of  this  chapter  for  such   hospital  or  hospital  charges  for  services  not  covered by rates of   payment,  for  hospital   or   health-related   services   provided   to   subscribers,  beneficiaries, or enrolled members that would be a covered   service for which such  payor  would  make  payment  if  provided  at  a   voluntary  non-profit  hospital issued an operating certificate pursuant   to section twenty-eight hundred five of this chapter, or,  for  a  payor   that  provides  for  participating  provider agreements, to enter into a   participating provider agreement with such state hospital.
NY Pub Health L § 420 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 2 - Hospitals: Boards of Visitors 420 - Boards of Visitors; Appointment.

§  420.  Boards  of  visitors;  appointment.    1.  (a) Subject to the provisions of this  chapter,  each  hospital  in  the  department  shall continue  to  have  a  board  of  seven visitors, to be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and  consent  of  the  senate;  provided however  that  in  the  case  of  the  state  institute for the study of malignant diseases one of the seven members of  the  board  of  visitors shall be the commissioner, ex-officio.  (b)  At  least two members of the board of visitors of the Helen Hayes hospital shall be duly licensed physicians  and  at  least  two  members shall  be  women.  This  provision  shall  not affect the offices of the present members; but appointments hereafter  shall  be  so  made  as  to comply herewith as soon as practicable.  (c)  At least two of the members of the board of visitors of the state institute for the study of malignant diseases shall be residents of  the city  of  Buffalo  or  vicinity  and one member of the board of visitors shall be a member of the medical  faculty  or  of  the  council  of  the University of Buffalo.   2.  (a)  The terms of office of the members of the boards of visitors, other than the members of the board of visitors of the  state  institute for  the  study  of  malignant  diseases, shall be seven years, and they shall be so appointed that the term of at least one of  the  members  of the  board  of visitors shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year.  (b) The terms of office of the members of the board of visitors of the state institute for the study of malignant diseases shall be five  years and  they  shall  be  so  appointed that the term of at least one of the members shall expire on the thirty-first of December of each year.   3. All vacancies on the several boards of visitors of hospitals in the department shall be filled  by  the  governor  in  the  same  manner  as original appointments, and the person appointed to fill a vacancy in the board  of visitors of a hospital in the department shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the person whom he succeeds.   4. The governor may remove  any  member  or  members  of  a  board  of visitors for cause after an opportunity to be heard.   5.  This  section shall not affect the terms of the present members of such board.   6. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section  or  any other provision of law to the contrary, upon the transfer to the Roswell Park  Cancer Institute corporation of the operations of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the board of visitors of Roswell Park Cancer Institute shall cease to operate and the terms of the current members of the board of visitors shall terminate. In the event that  the  operations  of  the Roswell  Park  Cancer  Institute revert to the department of health, the board of visitors shall be reconstituted and the governor shall make new appointments pursuant to this section.
NY Pub Health L § 421 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 2 - Hospitals: Boards of Visitors 421 - Boards of Visitors; Officers; Meetings.

§  421.  Boards  of  visitors;  officers;  meetings.   1. The board of visitors of a hospital in the department shall  elect  a  chairman  from among its members.   2. (a) The board of visitors of each hospital in the department, other than  the  institute  for  the  study  of malignant diseases, shall hold regular meetings at least once every three months throughout  the  year, and cause to be typewritten within ten days after each such meeting, the minutes and proceedings of such meeting, and cause a copy thereof, to be sent  forthwith  to  each  member  of  the  board  of  visitors,  to the commissioner and to the governor.  (b) The board of visitors of the state  institute  for  the  study  of malignant  diseases  shall meet quarterly to consider the affairs of the institute and at the last quarterly meeting in  a  calendar  year  shall prepare  and  transmit  to the commissioner, a report of the work of the institute for the twelve months preceding such meeting.  (c) The board of visitors of each hospital in the department may  meet at any time on call of the chairman.   3.  Members  of a board of visitors who fail to attend meetings of the board at least twice in each calendar  year  shall  be  deemed  to  have vacated  their  membership  in  such  board  of  visitors, whereupon the governor shall fill  the  vacancies  so  created  as  provided  by  this chapter,  unless  the  absence  of such visitors shall be excused by the governor.
NY Pub Health L § 422 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 2 - Hospitals: Boards of Visitors 422 - Boards of Visitors; Compensation and Expenses of Members.

§  422.  Boards  of  visitors;  compensation  and expenses of members.   Members of the board of visitors of  each  hospital  in  the  department   shall receive no compensation, but each shall be entitled to receive his   expenses  actually  and  necessarily  incurred in the performance of his   duties.
NY Pub Health L § 423 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 2 - Hospitals: Boards of Visitors 423 - Boards of Visitors; General Powers and Duties.

§ 423. Boards of visitors; general powers and duties.  1. The board of visitors  of  each  hospital in the department shall have the powers and duties expressly conferred or imposed on it by  this  chapter  and  such other  powers and duties, not inconsistent with law as may be prescribed by rules of the commissioner.   2. Each board of visitors shall:  (a)  subject  to  such  rules  and  the  statutory   powers   of   the commissioner,  take  care of the general interest of the institution and see that its objective is carried into effect;  (b) maintain an effective inspection of  the  institution,  for  which purpose the board, or a majority of its members, shall visit and inspect the institution at least once every three months;  (c)  keep  in a book provided for that purpose, a fair and full record of its activities, which shall be open at all times  to  the  inspection and  examination  of  the  governor  or  of  any person appointed by the governor or by either house of the legislature, or to  the  commissioner or his authorized representatives;  (d)  enter  in  a  book, kept at the institution for that purpose, the date of each visit of each visitor;  (e) investigate, hear and ascertain the  truth  of  all  charges  made against  the  director  or other officer or employee of the institution, issue subpoenas, take and hear testimony in respect to such charges  and make  its  recommendations  thereon to the authority having the power to discharge or remove. A witness attending  before  such  board  shall  be entitled  to  the  same  fees  as  a witness attending before a court of record or a judge thereof, which shall be paid  as  other  institutional charges.
NY Pub Health L § 424 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 2 - Hospitals: Boards of Visitors 424 - Boards of Visitors; Access to Hospital; Books, Records and Accounts.

§  424.  Boards  of  visitors;  access to hospital; books, records and   accounts. The resident officers of each hospital in the department shall   admit the members of the board of visitors of  the  respective  hospital   into  every  part of the hospital and its buildings, and exhibit to them   on demand all the books, papers, accounts and writings belonging to  the   hospital,  or  pertaining  to  its  business,  management, discipline or   government, and furnish copies, abstracts and reports whenever  required   by them.
NY Pub Health L § 425 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 2 - Hospitals: Boards of Visitors 425 - Boards of Visitors; Reports to Commissioner and Governor.

§  425.  Boards of visitors; reports to commissioner and governor.  1.   The board of visitors of each hospital in the department  shall  make  a   written  report  to the commissioner and to the governor within ten days   after each inspection, such report to be signed by  each  member  making   the  inspection.  Such report shall state in detail the condition of the   hospital and of its patients, and such other matters pertaining  to  the   management  and  affairs  thereof  as  in  the  opinion  of the board of   visitors should be brought to the attention of the commissioner  or  the   governor,  and  may  contain recommendations as to needed improvement in   the hospital or in its management.2. Each board of visitors shall make to the commissioner in January of   each  year  a  detailed  report  of  the  results  of  its  visits   and   inspections,  with suitable suggestions and such other matters as may be   required  of  it  by  the  commissioner  for  the  year  ending  on  the   thirty-first  day  of  December  preceding  the day of such report. Such   report shall be prepared by  a  committee  of  the  board  of  visitors,   subject to the approval of the board.
NY Pub Health L § 450 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 4 - Hospitals: Officers and Employees 450 - Directors of Hospitals; Qualifications and Appointment.

§  450.  Directors  of  hospitals;  qualifications and appointment. 1.   There shall be a director of each state hospital in the department,  who   shall  be  in  the  competitive class of civil service, and who shall be   appointed by the commissioner.2. The director shall possess the qualifications  prescribed  by  law,   or,  if no such qualifications be prescribed, such qualifications as may   be prescribed in the sanitary code.3. Before making the appointment of a  director  of  a  hospital,  the   commissioner  shall give notice of his intended action to the members of   the board of visitors, by registered mail, naming  the  person  whom  he   proposes to appoint and his place of residence, and shall specify a day,   not  less than ten days from the mailing of the notice, before which the   board of visitors may submit to the commissioner the objections  of  the   board  of  visitors,  if  any, to such appointment; and the person named   shall not be appointed before such day, except in the case of an express   approval by the board of visitors.4. Subject to removal in the manner provided by law, the  director  of   each  hospital  in  the  department now in office is hereby continued in   office.
NY Pub Health L § 451 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 4 - Hospitals: Officers and Employees 451 - Directors of Hospitals; Removal and Suspension.

§ 451. Directors of hospitals; removal and suspension. 1. The director   of  a  hospital in the department may be removed by the commissioner for   cause stated in  writing,  after  an  opportunity  has  been  given  the   director  to  be heard thereon. Such action by the commissioner shall be   final. The board of visitors of the hospital, however, shall be notified   of any such hearing and its members be given an opportunity to be  heard   thereat.  Pending  the  investigation  by  the  commissioner or board of   visitors of any charges against a director, the commissioner may suspend   such director.2. The commissioner may prefer charges of misconduct  or  incompetency   against  the  director  of a hospital in the department, to the board of   visitors, and the board of  visitors  shall  thereupon  investigate  the   truth  of  such  charges  and  make  its  recommendations thereon to the   commissioner, or the commissioner or his duly authorized  representative   may  investigate  any  charges  of like nature made to the commissioner.   The investigating authority may subpoena witnesses, and  take  and  hear   testimony.
NY Pub Health L § 452 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 4 - Hospitals: Officers and Employees 452 - Directors of Hospitals; General Powers and Duties.

§  452.  Directors  of  hospitals;  general  powers and duties. 1. The director of each hospital in  the  department  shall  be  the  executive officer of the hospital and shall:  (a)  be  in  immediate  charge of the activities and management of the hospital, subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner;  (b) except as otherwise provided with respect to  the  treasurer,  and subject  to  the  approval  of  the commissioner, appoint and remove all members of the staff and all other employees of the hospital;  (c) annually, in the month of January, report to the  commissioner  of the  activities  of  the  hospital for the calendar year ending with the preceding thirty-first day of December;  (d) submit at each meeting of the board of visitors, a report  showing changes  in  population,  health  of  patients,  officers and employees; accidents, suicides, unusual sickness, communicable diseases;  important occurrences  relating  to  the  welfare  of  the  patients  and  to  the management and discipline of the employees, and such  other  matters  as the board of visitors may specify; and,  (e) perform such other duties as the commissioner may require.   2. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the adoption, by any director of  a  hospital  in  the  department,  of  rules pertaining to duties of officers and employees of the hospital under his charge or for  internal government,  discipline  and management of the hospital, consistent with the provisions of the civil service law, the rules promulgated  pursuant thereto  and the rules of the commissioner, but any rule of the director shall be subject to revocation or suspenison by the commissioner.
NY Pub Health L § 453 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 4 - Hospitals: Officers and Employees 453 - Treasurers of Hospitals; Appointment.

§  453.  Treasurers of hospitals; appointment. 1. Each hospital in the department shall have a treasurer.   2. (a) The commissioner may appoint such an officer for each hospital.  (b) In the event that the commissioner fails to appoint a treasurer as provided by this section, or in the event of a vacancy occurring in  the office  of  treasurer  or  pending  the  appointment of a treasurer, the director of the hospital shall be the treasurer.  (c) During the absence or disability of the treasurer of  a  hospital, the director thereof shall perform the duties of a treasurer.
NY Pub Health L § 454 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 4 - Hospitals: Officers and Employees 454 - Treasurers of Hospitals; Powers and Duties.

§  454.  Treasurers  of hospitals; powers and duties. Subject to rules and regulations of the commissioner, the treasurer of each  hospital  in the department shall:  (a)  receive  and have the custody of all moneys and securities of the hospital from whatever sources derived, except as otherwise provided  by law  and  keep  an accurate record thereof and of all obligations of the hospital;  (b) deposit in his name, as treasurer, in a bank approved by the state comptroller, all such moneys and transmit each month to the comptroller, and to the commissioner, a statement showing  the  amount  received  and deposited,  from  whom and for what received and when such deposits were made. Such statement of  deposits  shall  be  certified  by  the  proper officer of the bank receiving such deposits. The treasurer shall make an affidavit  to  the  effect  that  the  sum so deposited is all the money received by him from any source of hospital income to the  date  of  the last deposit appearing on such statement;  (c)  pay  out  the money deposited for the proper uses of the hospital upon the voucher of the steward or business manager. Where the treasurer is a person other than the director, said voucher shall be countersigned by the director;  (d) keep full and accurate account of all receipts and payments in the manner and according to books and forms prescribed by the commissioner;  (e) balance all accounts on his  books  annually,  for  the  preceding fiscal  year,  and  make  a  statement  thereof  and  an abstract of the receipts and payments for  such  year  and  transmit  the  same  to  the commissioner on or before the following fifteenth day of August;  (f)  render  an account of the state of the books and of the funds and property in his custody, whenever required by the commissioner; and,  (g) perform such other duties as the commissioner may require.
NY Pub Health L § 455 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 4 - Property and Hospitals in the Department of Health Title 4 - Hospitals: Officers and Employees 455 - Hospitals; Special Police Officers; Powers and Duties.

§  455.  Hospitals; special police officers; powers and duties. 1. The   director of each hospital in the department may designate attendants  or   other employees to act as special police officers whose duty it shall be   under  the  orders of the director to protect the grounds, buildings and   patients of the hospital and to eject therefrom disorderly persons. Such   attendants and employees,  acting  as  special  police  officers,  shall   possess  all  the powers of peace officers, as set forth in section 2.20   of the criminal procedure law, on the grounds and premises.2. The designation of such attendants and employees as special  police   officers  in  pursuance hereof, shall not be deemed to supersede, on the   grounds and premises of such hospital, the authority of peace or  police   officers of the jurisdiction within which such hospital is located.