N.Y. Public Health Law § 618: Performance and accountability

§ 618. Performance and accountability. The commissioner shall

establish, in consultation with the municipalities, uniform statewide

performance standards for the services funded pursuant to this article;

provided, however, the commissioner may modify a specific standard for a

municipality if such municipality demonstrates adequate justification.

The commissioner shall recognize the particular needs and capabilities

of the various municipalities. The commissioner shall monitor the

performance and expenditures of each municipality to ensure that each

one satisfies the performance standards. Any municipality failing to

satisfy its standards may be subject to a reduction or loss of aid until

such municipality can demonstrate that it has the capacity to satisfy

such standards. The commissioner shall establish a uniform accounting

system for monitoring the expenditures for services of each municipality

to which aid is granted and the amount of state aid received including

any performance payments pursuant to section six hundred nineteen-a of

this article. Such reporting system shall require information on the

amount of public health moneys received from the federal government, the

private sector, grants, and fees. Each such municipality shall comply

with the regulations of such accounting and reporting systems.