§ 3606. Special powers of the corporation. In order to effectuate the
purposes of this title, the corporation shall have the following
additional powers, except as limited by this title, the public health
law, the mental hygiene law, the social services law, the education law
and any other applicable law or regulation:

1. To operate, manage, superintend and control any health facility
under its jurisdiction and to repair, maintain and otherwise keep up any
such health facility; and to establish, collect and adjust fees,
rentals, and other charges for the sale, lease or sublease of any such
health facility, subject to the terms and conditions of any contract,
lease, sublease or other agreement with the towns;

2. To provide health and medical services for the public directly or
by agreement or lease with any person, firm or private or public
corporation or association through or in the health facilities of the
corporation or otherwise and to make internal policies governing
admissions and health and medical services; and to establish, collect
and adjust fees and other charges for the provision of such health and
medical services; and to provide and maintain resident physician and
intern medical services; and to sponsor and conduct research,
educational and training programs;

3. To provide uncompensated care to persons in need of health care
services without the ability to pay;

4. (a) To provide, maintain and operate a medical transport service,
provided, however, nothing herein shall prohibit the corporation from
adopting a schedule of charges for medical transport;

(b) For purposes of section three thousand eight of the public health
law, the corporation shall be deemed to be a municipality for the
purposes of determining a public need to operate an ambulance service;

5. To enter into contracts, leases, subleases and other agreements for
the purpose of affiliating with a medical college in conjunction with
the corporation's health facilities, which agreements may provide for
the management, operation and staffing of health facilities, the
reconstruction, renovation or addition to health facilities; the
provision of necessary facilities, utilities and services; and such
other conditions or features necessary and proper for such purpose and
for the public health and general welfare;

6. To determine the conditions under which a physician may be extended
the privilege of practicing within a health facility under the
jurisdiction of the corporation, and to promulgate reasonable internal
policies for the conduct of all persons, physicians and nurses within
such facility;

7. To participate in managed care networks, fee-for-service, and other
joint and cooperative arrangements for the provision of general
comprehensive and specialty health care services, directly or through
contract with other service providers or entities including employees or
entities of the state;

8. To establish subsidiary corporations or other entities in
accordance with subdivision nine of this section:

(a) to meet the demands of health care delivery changes; and

(b) to market, manufacture or develop products or services developed
by the corporation's clinical and research activities;

9. (a) To form or participate in the formation of one or more entities
pursuant to the business corporation law, the limited liability company
law, the not-for-profit corporation law, or the partnership law in order
to effectuate the purposes and powers of subdivisions seven and eight of
this section.

(b) No subsidiary of the corporation shall own, operate, manage or
control the existing acute inpatient and outpatient facilities and
services now in operation on the grounds of the Clifton-Fine Hospital.

(c) Any such subsidiary may be authorized to act as a general or
limited partner in a partnership or as a member of a limited liability
company, and enter into an arrangement calling for an initial and
subsequent payment by such subsidiary in consideration of an interest in
revenues or other contractual rights.