§ 194 — Powers and duties of commissioners of public welfare in relation to public homes

New York § 194

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law SOS: Social Services
• Title 5: Public Institutional Care For Adults
• Art. 5: Assistance and Care

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§ 194. Powers and duties of commissioners of public welfare in\nrelation to public homes. Commissioners of public welfare shall\n 1. be responsible for the management of the home and for the care of\nits incarcerated individuals,\n 2. have control of the admission and discharge of incarcerated\nindividuals of the home,\n 3. within the limits of the appropriations made for the purpose,\nappoint qualified physicians, matrons, nurses, officers and employees,\nand vest in them such powers as he may deem necessary for the management\nof the home,\n 3-a. have the authority, in the event the home includes an infirmary\nfor the care of chronically sick patients, to enter into contracts,\nsubject to the written approval of the department, with any medical\nschool or non-profit hospital, organized pursuant to the laws of the\nstate of New York, whereby such medical school or non-profit hospital\nshall agree to provide and supervise all or part of the professional and\nrelated staff necessary for the operation of the infirmary. The\npersonnel so provided by such medical school or non-profit hospital\nshall not be deemed to be employees of the public welfare district.\n 4. purchase all furniture, implements, food, materials and equipment\nnecessary for the upkeep of the home and for the care of the needy in\nthe home, unless such powers have been vested in some other purchasing\nagency,\n 5. classify the incarcerated individuals of the home, and provide the\ntype of care best fitted to their needs and carry out the\nrecommendations of the attending physician in regard to their care,\n 6. establish rules for the administration of the public home and for\nthe conduct and employment of the incarcerated individuals thereof; but\nsuch rules shall not be valid unless approved in writing by the\ndepartment,\n 7. as far as practicable provide suitable employment for any\nincarcerated individual whom the attending physician pronounces able to\nwork, assigning such incarcerated individuals to such labor in\nconnection with the farm and garden, or the care and upkeep of the\nbuildings or other suitable tasks in the public home as they may be\ndeemed capable of performing, and providing occupational and other\ndiversions as may be for the best interests of the incarcerated\nindividuals,\n 8. when in their individual judgment and discretion it appears\nadvisable, for purposes of rehabilitation, to provide incentive\ncompensation to an incarcerated individual, in any amount or amounts\ntotalling ten dollars or less per month, for work assigned and performed\nin or about the public home, farm and garden; but the payment of any\nsuch reward shall not be deemed, for the purposes of any law, to make\nthe incarcerated individual receiving the same an employee of the public\nhome or of the county or city maintaining such home,\n 8-a. deposit as prescribed in section eighty-seven of this chapter,\nany and all moneys received by him or her for the use of a particular\nincarcerated individual or incarcerated individuals of the public home,\n 9. when an appropriation is made for the purpose, appoint a\nsuperintendent of the public home who shall reside thereat and exercise\nsuch of the powers and carry out such of the duties above mentioned in\nconnection with the public home as the commissioner may direct;\nprovided, however, that the legislative body of the county or city\nwithin which a public welfare district is located may, if adequate\nsupervisory personnel are on duty at all times, permit the\nsuperintendent to reside off the premises of the public home,\n 10. reside at the public home unless a superintendent has been\nappointed as above provided; provided, however, that the local\nlegislative body of the county or city within which a public welfare\ndistrict is located may, if adequate supervisory personnel are on duty\nat all times, permit the commissioner to reside off the premises of the\npublic home.\n