N.Y. Social Services Law § 401: Births to inmates of public homes

§ 401. Births to inmates of public homes. No commissioner of public

welfare shall provide care in a public home for any pregnant woman

during confinement unless such public home has adequate hospital or

infirmary facilities, is equipped to give the necessary medical and

nursing care and has a certificate from the department authorizing such

public home to care for maternity cases. Certificates authorizing a

public home to care for maternity cases may be issued by the department

for a one-year period, subject to renewal, but may be revoked at any

time by the department. If the public home is not so certified, a

commissioner of public welfare shall, a reasonable time before the

expected confinement of any pregnant woman inmate, provide suitable

maintenance and medical care for her in a hospital or some other place

equipped to give adequate care.