§ 3606 — Special powers of the corporation

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