New York Public Health Law Section 2205 - Tuberculosis; removal of patients to this state; reciprocity agreements.

  2205.  Tuberculosis; removal of patients to this state; reciprocity
  agreements.  1. The commissioner may  make  reciprocal  agreements  with
  state  officials  or  agencies  of  other  states  regarding  interstate
  transportation of state charges without state residence and  to  arrange
  for  the  acceptance  and  tuberculosis  hospital  care and treatment of
  persons receiving similar public care and treatment in other  states  in
  accordance  with the terms of such reciprocal agreements, but this state
  shall not, nor shall any county or city be committed to  such  care  and
  treatment  of  persons  who are not, in the opinion of the commissioner,
  entitled to such public care and treatment by the laws of this state.
2. No agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this section  shall
  become  effective  until  the attorney general has approved its form and
  sufficiency.

Last modified: February 3, 2019