N.Y. PBH Law § 2601

§ 2601. Helen Hayes Hospital; functions; powers and duties. 1. The\nHelen Hayes Hospital may receive persons who are physically disabled,\ndeformed or suffering from disease from which they are likely to become\nphysically disabled or deformed, for care, study and experimental or\nother treatment, under regulations established by the commissioner.\n 2. No person provided for by this article, however, shall be admitted\nto the hospital unless at the time of his admission he is capable of\nbenefiting from care in terms of improved capacity for remunerative\noccupation or self-sufficiency.\n 3. The hospital shall, in conjunction with its provision of care and\ntreatment, conduct investigations of the cause, mortality, treatment,\nprevention and cure of physically disabling or deforming diseases and\nconditions.\n