N.Y. Public Health Law § 2584: Children with physical disabilities; transportation

§ 2584. Children with physical disabilities; transportation. 1. The

department shall on its own initiative provide, within the limits of the

appropriations made therefor, such transportation for such children with

physical disabilities as in the judgment of the commissioner is needed

to such places wherein the medical services outlined in section two

thousand five hundred eighty-one of this chapter are administered or

provided to such children.

2. When the commissioner of health of any county or part-county health

district or the medical director of the program for children with

physical disabilities, or the department of health of the city of New

York, in pursuance of section two thousand five hundred eighty-two of

this chapter, shall issue an authorization for medical service for any

child with physical disabilities, including among the expenses thereof

transportation necessary to obtain such services, the commissioner, if

he approves such order, shall issue a certificate to such effect, copies

of which shall be filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors or

other governing elective body of the county or chief fiscal officer of

the city of New York and one in the office of the commissioner.