N.Y. Public Health Law § 410: Hospitals; reimbursement

§ 410. Hospitals; reimbursement. No corporation organized and

operating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance law,

organization operating in accordance with the provisions of article

forty-four of this chapter, commercial insurer licensed to do business

in this state and authorized to write accident and health insurance or

payor responsible for payments pursuant to the workers' compensation

law, the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, the volunteer ambulance

workers' benefit law or the comprehensive motor vehicle insurance

reparations act shall decline or refuse to make payments to a state

hospital in the department as enumerated in section four hundred three

of this chapter, in accordance with rates of payment established for

such payor pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter for such

hospital or hospital charges for services not covered by rates of

payment, for hospital or health-related services provided to

subscribers, beneficiaries, or enrolled members that would be a covered

service for which such payor would make payment if provided at a

voluntary non-profit hospital issued an operating certificate pursuant

to section twenty-eight hundred five of this chapter, or, for a payor

that provides for participating provider agreements, to enter into a

participating provider agreement with such state hospital.