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NY Pub Health L § 2601 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 26 - Helen Hayes Hospital 2601 - Helen Hayes Hospital; Functions; Powers and Duties.

§  2601.  Helen  Hayes Hospital; functions; powers and duties.  1. The   Helen Hayes Hospital may receive persons who  are  physically  disabled,   deformed  or suffering from disease from which they are likely to become   physically disabled or deformed, for care,  study  and  experimental  or   other treatment, under regulations established by the commissioner.2.  No person provided for by this article, however, shall be admitted   to the hospital unless at the time of his admission  he  is  capable  of   benefiting  from  care  in  terms  of improved capacity for remunerative   occupation or self-sufficiency.3. The hospital shall, in conjunction with its provision of  care  and   treatment,  conduct  investigations  of the cause, mortality, treatment,   prevention and cure of physically disabling or  deforming  diseases  and   conditions.
NY Pub Health L § 2602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 26 - Helen Hayes Hospital 2602 - Helen Hayes Hospital; Charges for Service and Reimbursement.

§  2602.  Helen Hayes Hospital; charges for service and reimbursement.   1. The commissioner shall  establish  the  rates  to  be  paid  for  the   maintenance,  care  and  treatment of all patients admitted to the Helen   Hayes Hospital.2. The commissioner shall require that the director  of  the  hospital   shall  render  bills  at  suitable intervals and a final bill as soon as   practicable on discharge of a patient, to the person or agency  in  each   instance who guarantees payment or, if payment is to be made from public   funds,  to  the  proper  fiscal  officer  of  the  agency  or  county or   municipality indicated.3. The commissioner may in his  discretion,  in  proper  cases,  where   substantial  justice  will  best  be served thereby, waive such bills or   compromise any portion of such  bills  for  the  maintenance,  care  and   treatment received or furnished to patients in the hospital. Such waiver   or  compromise shall be made only upon prior approval of the comptroller   and the attorney general when they deem it to be for the  best  interest   of the state.
NY Pub Health L § 2630 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 26-A - New York State Veterans' Home 2630 - Purpose.

§  2630.  Purpose.    The  New  York state home for veterans and their   dependents at Oxford, the New York state home for veterans in  the  city   of  New  York,  the New York state home for veterans in western New York   and the New York home for veterans in the lower-Hudson Valley  shall  be   for  the  care  of  aged dependent veterans and their spouses, veterans'   mothers and fathers, unremarried surviving spouses, and army nurses.
NY Pub Health L § 2631 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 26-A - New York State Veterans' Home 2631 - Board of Visitors; Special Provision.

§  2631.  Board of visitors; special provision.  The board of visitors   of each such home shall consist  of  nine  members  appointed  from  the   members  of  the  New York departments of the major organizations of war   veterans to which charters have been issued by Acts of  Congress  or  of   their  women's  auxiliaries.  The  terms  of  office  of  such  visitors   hereafter appointed shall be five years, and they shall be so  appointed   that  the  terms  of two of the members shall expire on the first day of   February of each year, except that the term of but one member  shall  so   expire  every  fifth year. Appointments shall be so made that there will   be at all times four women and five men members of such board.
NY Pub Health L § 2633 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 26-A - New York State Veterans' Home 2633 - Acquisition and Application of Property.

§  2633.  Acquisition  and  application  of  property.  Subject to the   regulations of the  department,  the  board  of  visitors  or  the  duly   appointed  treasurer  of  the  homes,  as  agent  of the department, may   receive, retain and expend receipts other than state appropriations, any   money or other personal property given, bequeathed or entrusted  to  the   board  of  visitors  or  duly  appointed treasurer, for the purposes for   which  it  is  given  or  bequeathed  to  the  homes  or  entrusted  for   safekeeping  or,  if unaccompanied by conditions or limitations, for any   of the purposes of the homes or for the  convenience  of  the  residents   thereof.
NY Pub Health L § 2634 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 26-A - New York State Veterans' Home 2634 - Designation of the "New York State Women Veterans Memorial Community Room".

§  2634.  Designation  of  the "New York State Women Veterans Memorial   Community Room".  The communal area multi-purpose room of the  New  York   state  home  for veterans in the city of New York, such room as referred   to as area one  hundred  ninety-four  in  the  architectural  plans  and   drawings of such home for veterans, shall be designated and known as the   "New  York State Women Veterans Memorial Community Room" in honor of all   women veterans of this state.
NY Pub Health L § 2635 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 26-A - New York State Veterans' Home 2635 - Designation of the "Arnold Swanson Community Room".

§  2635.  Designation  of  the  "Arnold Swanson Community Room".   The   communal area multi-purpose room of the New York state home for veterans   in the city of Batavia shall be designated  and  known  as  the  "Arnold   Swanson Community Room" in honor of Arnold Swanson.
NY Pub Health L § 2700 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27 - Bureau of Chronic Disease and Geriatrics 2700 - Bureau of Chronic Disease and Geriatrics Established.

§  2700.  Bureau  of  chronic disease and geriatrics established.  The   state department of health shall establish a bureau of  chronic  disease   and  geriatrics,  which  shall develop a program designed to improve and   protect the health and vitality of middle-aged and elderly  citizens  of   the state.
NY Pub Health L § 2701 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27 - Bureau of Chronic Disease and Geriatrics 2701 - Purpose and Functions.

§  2701.  Purpose and functions.  The department, at the discretion of the commissioner, shall:   1.  Plan  public  health  programs   to   aid   in   the   prevention, rehabilitation   and   control  of  degenerative  diseases  and  chronic illnesses.   2. Develop a  program  for  integrating  community  and  institutional agencies  and  facilities and for utilization of geriatric techniques to provide  a  comprehensive  program  of  prevention,  rehabilitation  and control of degenerative diseases and chronic illnesses.   3.  Develop a plan for periodic health inventories for the middle-aged and elderly.   4. Explore possibilities of reducing cost and improving  care  of  the chronically   ill   through   use   of   non-institutional  as  well  as institutional facilities.   5. Develop laboratory, clinical and statistical  research  on  chronic disease  and  health  problems  of older people in consultation with the state medical society and other agencies, including the state department of mental hygiene and the state university of New York.   6. (a) Carry on programs of professional  education  and  training  of medical   students,   physicians   and   nurses   in   the   prevention, rehabilitation, medical and nursing care of diseases of older people.  (b) Plan and carry out the Alzheimer's disease assistance  program  to enhance  support  services for people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. Services to be provided by the program may include:  (i) education and training for health care practitioners,  caregivers, volunteers  and  informal  caregivers  regarding  services  for  or  the treatment of persons with Alzheimer's disease;  (ii) counseling for families of persons with Alzheimer's disease;  (iii)  respite  services  for  informal  caregivers  of  persons  with Alzheimer's disease; and  (iv) technological assistance for persons with Alzheimer's disease.   The commissioner shall make grants under this paragraph within amounts appropriated  therefore  to public and not-for-profit entities including local  health  agencies,  health  care  providers,  higher   educational institutions   affiliated   with   medical  facilities,  community-based organizations and other organizations  with  demonstrated  expertise  in serving   persons   with   Alzheimer's  disease.  The  commissioner  may coordinate grants under this paragraph with the availability  of  grants from other sources. The commissioner may also accept or seek grants from other sources to enhance amounts appropriated to this program.   7.   Plan   and  carry  out  programs  to  stimulate  the  prevention, rehabilitation and control of chronic illnesses and the promotion of the health of adult, middle-aged and older persons, through  "day  hospital" and a "meals on wheels" demonstration projects.
NY Pub Health L § 2702 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27 - Bureau of Chronic Disease and Geriatrics 2702 - Powers and Duties.

§  2702. Powers and duties.  The commissioner shall have the power and   it shall be his duty to employ such assistants and personnel, within the   amount of the appropriation, as is necessary to carry out the provisions   of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2705 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-A - Osteoporosis Preventation and Education 2705 - Legislative Findings and Declarations.

§  2705. Legislative findings and declarations. The legislature hereby   finds and declares that osteoporosis is a  public  health  problem  that   poses  a  threat  to  the  health  and  quality  of  life  to as many as   twenty-four million Americans; and that it may ultimately affect as many   as half of all women in the United States over the age of forty-five and   an increasing number of men; and costs the nation ten billion dollars  a   year  in hospitalization and treatment for resulting injuries, including   chronic disability, pain, and the need for long term care.The legislature further finds  and  declares  that  over  one  million   fractures a year result from osteoporosis and that the pain, discomfort,   immobility  and  social  isolation that may result from fractures affect   quality of life, threaten people's ability  to  live  independently  and   costs millions annually in nursing home and assistive care.The  legislature  further  finds  and  declares  that a plan should be   established to insure  the  availability  of  comprehensive  educational   services in communities, and that such services include awareness of the   disease,   its   rate  of  incidence,  risk  factors,  facts  about  its   progression, and implications during pregnancy, the peri-menopausal  and   post-menopausal years, and in later life; education about the prevention   of   osteoporosis   including  nutrition,  positive  health  habits  and   exercise, and their benefits from an early age; education regarding  the   availability  and  significance  of  diagnostic  screening  as  well  as   predisposing factors including genetic disposition and interventions for   those who already have bone mass loss or those who may be at  high  risk   of bone mass loss; education about available and experimental treatments   and the benefits, risks, and side effects of each.The  legislature  hereby  finds and declares that educating the public   about this potentially devastating disease is  of  paramount  importance   and  that  educating the public throughout the state is in every respect   in the public interest and to the  benefit of all persons in this state.
NY Pub Health L § 2710 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-AA - New York State Kidney Disease Institute 2710 - Legislative Findings and Purposes.

§  2710. Legislative findings and purposes.  It is hereby declared and   found that one of the major problems  facing  medicine  and  the  public   health  and  welfare  is  the  lack  of  trained  individuals, available   facilities,  research  and  equipment  for  the  discovery,  evaluation,   diagnosis,  treatment  and  cure of kidney disease. It is estimated that   more than two thousand people die in  New  York  state  each  year  from   kidney  failure.  No  parallel  situation in medicine exists today where   techniques have been developed  for  the  diagnosis  and  prevention  of   disease  which would save lives, yet at the same time people continue to   progress to chronic kidney disease  and  death  only  for  the  lack  of   facilities  for  diagnosis  and  treatment. New York state must take the   initiative to combat this  indiscriminate  and  often  needless  killer.   Basic  research is needed into the nature of diseases of the kidneys and   the problems of  kidney  transplantation;  in  developing  mass  testing   procedures  for  the  early  detection  of  kidney  disease; and for the   development  of  more  effective  and  economical  devices   for   blood   purification.  An intensive survey of state-wide needs and facilities is   necessary to formulate a long-range program for the state.It is imperative that a comprehensive program to combat kidney disease   be implemented through the combined and correlated efforts of state  and   local  governments, medicine, universities, non-profit organizations and   individuals. The program provided by this article is designed  to  bring   to  bear  all  the possible resources of the state and to coordinate the   efforts of the state in this vital matter of public health.
NY Pub Health L § 2711 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-AA - New York State Kidney Disease Institute 2711 - New York State Kidney Disease Institute; Organization.

§ 2711. New York state kidney disease institute; organization.  1. The   New  York  state  kidney  disease institute is hereby created within the   department of health.2. The commissioner shall appoint a director of the institute and  may   employ  such  assistants and personnel, within the amounts appropriated,   as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2712 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-AA - New York State Kidney Disease Institute 2712 - Functions, Powers and Duties.

§  2712.  Functions,  powers  and  duties.  1. In order to further the declared  purposes  of  this  article,  the  institute  shall  have  the following functions, powers and duties:  (a)  To  conduct a survey of all of the existing facilities within the state having to do with  the  diagnosis,  evaluation  and  treatment  of patients  with kidney disease and to prepare and submit its findings and a specific program of action.  (b) To evaluate the  need  for  the  creation  of  local  or  regional facilities and for the establishing of a major kidney research center.  (c)  To  develop  and  administer  scientific  investigations into the cause, prevention, methods of  treatment  and  cure  of  renal  disease, including research into transplantation of kidneys.  (d)  To develop techniques for an effective method of mass testing for the detection of kidney diseases and urinary tract infections.  (e) To develop more efficient  methods  of  medical  care  for  kidney disease  and  to  develop  more effective and economical kidney dialysis equipment.  (f) To survey and evaluate the need  for  a  program  of  professional education  and  training  for medical students, physicians and nurses in the care and treatment of kidney diseases.  (h) To enter into such  contracts  and  agreements  with  individuals, colleges,  universities,  associations, corporations, municipalities and other units of government as may be deemed necessary  and  advisable  to carry  out  the  general  intent  and  purposes  of  this  article. Such contracts may provide for payment by the  state,  within  the  limit  of funds available, for materials, equipment or services.   2.  The  commissioner  may  adopt  rules  and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2730 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-C - Birth Defects Institute 2730 - Declaration of Policy.

§  2730.  Declaration  of  policy.    Occurrence  of  malformation  or   inherited disease at the time of birth is a tragedy for the  child,  the   family  and  the  community, and a matter of vital concern to the public   health. In order to provide for the  protection  and  promotion  of  the   health  of  the inhabitants of the state, the department of health shall   have the central and comprehensive responsibility  for  the  development   and  administration of the state's policy with respect to the conduct of   scientific  investigations   and   research   concerning   the   causes,   prevention,  treatment  and cure of birth defects and genetic and allied   diseases.
NY Pub Health L § 2731 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-C - Birth Defects Institute 2731 - Birth Defects Institute.

§  2731.  Birth  defects institute.   The commissioner shall establish   within the department a birth defects  institute  for  the  purposes  of   initiating  and  conducting  investigations  of  the  causes, mortality,   methods of treatment, prevention and cure of birth defects  and  genetic   and allied diseases.
NY Pub Health L § 2732 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-C - Birth Defects Institute 2732 - Commissioner; Functions, Powers and Duties.

§  2732. Commissioner; functions, powers and duties.  The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:  (a) To conduct scientific investigations and surveys  of  the  causes, mortality,  methods  of  treatment, prevention and cure of birth defects and genetic and allied diseases.  (b) To publish from time to time the results  of  such  investigations and  surveys  for the benefit of the public health and from time to time collate such publications for distribution to  scientific  organizations and qualified scientists and physicians.  (c)  To  carry  on  programs of professional education and training of medical students, physicians, nurses, scientists and technicians in  the causes,  methods  of treatment, prevention and cure of birth defects and genetic and allied diseases.  (d) To conduct and support counseling services.
NY Pub Health L § 2733 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-C - Birth Defects Institute 2733 - Reporting of Birth Defects; Confidentiality of Information.

§  2733.  Reporting  of birth defects; confidentiality of information.   1. Birth defects and genetic and allied diseases shall  be  reported  by   physicians, hospitals, and persons in attendance at births in the manner   and on such forms as may be prescribed by the commissioner.2.  Such  reports and information shall be kept confidential and shall   not be admissible as evidence in an action or proceeding in any court or   before any other tribunal, board, agency  or  person.  The  commissioner   may, however, publish analyses of such reports and information from time   to  time  for scientific and public health purposes, in such a manner as   to assure that the identities of the  individuals  concerned  cannot  be   ascertained.
NY Pub Health L § 2740 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-CC - New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Program 2740 - Traumatic Brain Injury Program.

§  2740. Traumatic brain injury program. The department shall have the   central responsibility for administering the provisions of this  article   and   otherwise  coordinating  the  state's  policies  with  respect  to   traumatic brain injury, in consultation with the office for people  with   developmental  disabilities, the office of mental health, the department   of education, the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the   department of social services,  the  office  of  the  advocate  for  the   disabled  and  the  commission  on  quality  of  care  for  the mentally   disabled.
NY Pub Health L § 2741 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-CC - New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Program 2741 - Definitions.

§ 2741. Definitions. As used in this article:1.  "Traumatic  brain  injury"  means  an acquired injury to the brain   caused by an external physical  force  resulting  in  total  or  partial   disability  or impairment and shall include but not be limited to damage   to the central nervous system from anoxic/hypoxic episodes or damage  to   the  central  nervous  system from allergic conditions, toxic substances   and other acute medical/clinical incidents. Such term shall include, but   not be limited to, open and closed brain injuries  that  may  result  in   mild,  moderate  or  severe  impairments in one or more areas, including   cognition, language, memory, attention,  reasoning,  abstract  thinking,   judgment,  problem-solving,  sensory  perceptual  and  motor  abilities,   psycho-social behavior, physical functions, information  processing  and   speech.  Such  term  shall  not  include progressive dementias and other   mentally impairing conditions, depression and psychiatric  disorders  in   which  there  is  no  known  or  obvious  central nervous system damage,   neurological,  metabolic  and  other  medical  conditions  of   chronic,   congenital  or  degenerative  nature  or brain injuries induced by birth   trauma.2. "Concussion" means a mild traumatic injury to  the  brain  that  is   characterized by immediate and transient alteration of mental status and   level of consciousness, resulting from mechanical force or trauma.