N.Y. PBH Law § 2902

§ 2902. Receipt and disbursement of funds. The department of taxation\nand finance is authorized to accept and receive from the federal\ngovernment any moneys which the federal government shall offer to the\nstate to assist it to inventory its hospitals, to survey the need of\nconstruction of hospitals, to develop a program for construction of\npublic and nonprofit hospitals and to carry out the plan for\nconstruction of such hospitals in accordance with such program, and\ngenerally for all the purposes for which any such moneys shall be\noffered under or pursuant to any federal law heretofore or hereafter\nenacted authorizing grants to the state for such purposes or similar\npurposes, including payments to political subdivisions or any public or\nother nonprofit agencies of the state.\n Any and all such grants and moneys awarded for assistance to this\nstate under or pursuant to any federal law shall be accepted and\nreceived by the department of taxation and finance as custodian thereof\nand such moneys, so received, shall be deposited by such department of\ntaxation and finance in a special fund or funds and shall be used\nexclusively for the purposes of any such federal law. Such moneys shall\nbe paid from such fund or funds on the audit and warrant of the\ncomptroller upon vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner.\n Any moneys appropriated or otherwise available to the department of\nhealth may be disbursed by it to any political subdivision or voluntary\nnonprofit agency or, on the advice of the state hospital review and\nplanning council, to any health systems agency, pursuant to contract for\nservices rendered to effectuate the purposes of this article.\n