§ 2724 — Commissioner; additional functions, powers and duties

§ 2724. Commissioner; additional functions, powers and duties. In\norder to further the declared purposes of this title, the commissioner\nshall have the following functions, powers and duties:\n 1. to develop programs for screening, evaluation and treatment of\nhypertension;\n 2. to enter into contracts and agreements to provide for the\nscreening, evaluation and treatment of hypertension pursuant to this\nsection by July first, nineteen hundred eighty-two;\n 3. to require as the commissioner may determine to be appropriate that\nany facility established, incorporated, licensed or regulated pursuant\nto the provisions of article twenty-eight or forty-seven of this\nchapter, test for hypertension as part of their ordinary and regular\ncare or treatment of patients and as necessary screen, treat and\ndiagnose the incidence of hypertension;\n 4. to apply for special grants from the federal government and any\ninstitution making grants for such purposes and use any monies so\nobtained to supplement any other monies made available from any source\nfor the purposes of this title;\n 5. to require persons receiving treatment for hypertension in any\ncenter providing such treatment to pay a fee established by the\ncommissioner on a sliding fee scale based on the treatment recipient's\nability to pay after applying against the total cost of such treatment\nthe amounts received from third party payors.\n