Section 395. Applications to state commissioner of health

On and after
  January first, nineteen hundred forty-seven, whenever a  person  alleged
  to  be  suffering  from  tuberculosis  is unable to gain admission to an
  appropriate tuberculosis hospital for necessary diagnostic or  treatment
  services,  such person may make application to the state commissioner of
  health for admission to an appropriate tuberculosis  hospital  for  such
  services,  treatment  and  care. The cost of such services and treatment
  and of  the  maintenance  of  such  patient  shall  be  subject  to  the
  provisions  of section fifty-four and other applicable provisions of the
  public health law.