Section 13.27. Facility services

(a)  Chapels.  The commissioner may permit any religious or missionary
  corporation or society or combination of such corporations and societies
  to erect a building on the grounds of any facility in the office for the
  holding of religious service, to be used exclusively for the benefit  of
  the  patients and employees of such facility, subject to such conditions
  as may be imposed by the commissioner.
    (b) Fire mutual aid. In cooperation with the development and operation
  of plans for mutual aid in cases of fire and other  public  emergencies,
  the  director  of  a  facility  in  the office of mental retardation and
  developmental disabilities, with the approval of the  commissioner,  may
  authorize  the  fire  department  of the facility to furnish aid to such
  territory surrounding the facility as may be practical in cases of  fire
  and  such  emergencies,  having due regard to the safety of the patients
  and property of the facility and to  engage  in  practice  and  training
  programs in connection with the development and operation of such mutual
  aid plans.
    (c)  Community  stores. The commissioner may authorize the director of
  any facility under his jurisdiction to operate a community store  or  to
  lease   space  in  any  of  its  buildings  not  inconsistent  with  the
  requirements of the facility for the operation of a community store  for
  the  use  and  benefit  of the patients, visitors, and personnel of such
  facility. The moneys received by the director of such facility under  or
  pursuant  to  any such operation shall be deposited in a special fund to
  be known as the community store fund and shall be used for  the  general
  purposes   of  the  facility,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  section
  fifty-three of the state finance law.
    (d) Laboratory services. Subject to  the  commissioner's  regulations,
  the  director  may agree to make the laboratory service of a facility in
  the  office  of  mental  retardation  and   developmental   disabilities
  available  to  adjacent  local  governments  and may receive, apply, and
  spend money for the extension of laboratory  service  according  to  the
  terms of the agreement as approved by the commissioner.