N.Y. PBH Law § 2803-A

§ 2803-a. Authority to contract. Hospitals, including hospitals\ndescribed in subdivision ten of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law,\nare hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations as the council\nmay authorize, to enter into contracts and make arrangements among\nthemselves and among other municipal, state, federal or privately owned\nhospitals, or any medical schools, or other health related facilities\nhaving or utilizing hospital services or facilities or voluntary\nambulance services registered or certified pursuant to article thirty of\nthe public health law or nutrition programs that receive federal, state\nor local government funding, whether or not located in this state or\nelsewhere, for the\n 1. mutual use, or exchange of medical resources including, but not\nlimited to, real or personal property or employment of personnel;\n 2. joint purchases of goods, supplies and services; or\n 3. development of medical information, techniques and facilities\nuseful in the progress of the medical art; reduction of medical costs\nand promotion of a more efficient and effective approach to the delivery\nof health care services.\n Any contract between any such hospitals and such voluntary ambulance\nservices shall be limited to joint purchases of goods and supplies\nnecessary for the support of such ambulance services or otherwise used\nby such hospitals.\n