Section 3631. Special powers of the corporation

In order to effectuate the
  purposes of  this  title,  the  corporation  shall  have  the  following
  additional  powers,  except  as limited by this title, the public health
  law, the mental hygiene law, the social services law, the education law,
  the civil practice law and  rules,  and  any  other  applicable  law  or
  regulation:
    1.  To  operate,  manage, superintend, and control any health facility
  under its jurisdiction and to repair, maintain, and  otherwise  keep  up
  any  such  health  facility, and to establish, collect, and adjust fees,
  rentals, and other charges for the sale, lease, or sublease of any  such
  health facility or real property, subject to the terms and conditions of
  any contract, lease, sublease, or other agreement with the county;
    2.  To provide health and medical services for the public, directly or
  by agreement or  lease  with  any  person,  firm,  partnership,  limited
  liability  company,  or  private  or  public  corporation or association
  through or in the health facilities of the corporation or otherwise, and
  to make internal policies governing admissions and  health  and  medical
  services;  and  to establish, collect, and adjust fees and other charges
  for the provision of such health and medical services;  and  to  provide
  and  maintain  training  programs for resident physicians, post-graduate
  clinical fellows, graduate students, other allied  health  professionals
  and  intern  medical  services;  and  to  sponsor  and conduct research,
  educational, and training programs;
    3. To provide uncompensated care to persons in  need  of  health  care
  services without the ability to pay;
    4.  To  provide,  maintain,  and  operate a medical transport service;
  provided, however, that nothing  in  this  section  shall  prohibit  the
  corporation from adopting a schedule of charges for medical transport;
    5. To participate in managed care networks, fee-for-service, and other
  joint   and  cooperative  arrangements  for  the  provision  of  general
  comprehensive and specialty health care services,  directly  or  through
  contract with other service providers or entities;
    6.   To   establish  subsidiary  corporations  or  other  entities  in
  accordance with subdivision nine of this section:
    (a) to meet the demands of health care delivery changes; and
    (b) to market, manufacture, or develop products or services  developed
  by the corporation's clinical and research activities;
    7.  To  enter  into contracts, leases, subleases, and other agreements
  for the purpose of affiliating  with  a  medical  college  or  colleges,
  including  the  state  university  of  New York, in conjunction with the
  corporation's health facilities, which agreements may  provide  for  the
  management,   operation,   and   staffing   of  health  facilities,  the
  reconstruction,  renovation,  or  addition  to  health  facilities;  the
  provision  of  necessary  facilities,  utilities, and services; and such
  other conditions or features necessary and proper for such  purpose  and
  for the public health and general welfare;
    8. To determine the conditions under which a physician may be extended
  the   privilege  of  practicing  within  a  health  facility  under  the
  jurisdiction of  the  corporation,  to  promulgate  reasonable  internal
  policies  for  the conduct of all persons, physicians, and allied health
  practitioners within such facility, and to appoint and grant  privileges
  to qualified and competent clinical practitioners; and
    9.  (a) Except as provided in this subdivision or as expressly limited
  by any applicable state law or regulation, to exercise and  perform  all
  or  part  of  its  purposes,  powers,  duties,  functions, or activities
  through one or  more  subsidiary  corporations  or  companies  owned  or
  controlled  wholly  or in part by the corporation, which shall be formed
  pursuant to the business corporation law, the limited liability  company

  law,  or the not-for-profit corporation law, in each case subject to all
  the limitations provided in this title.
    (b)  Any  such  subsidiary  may  be  authorized to act as a general or
  limited partner in a partnership or as a member of a  limited  liability
  company  and  to  enter  into  an arrangement calling for an initial and
  subsequent payment by such subsidiary in consideration of an interest in
  revenues or other contractual rights.
    (c) No subsidiary of the corporation shall own,  operate,  manage,  or
  control  the  existing  acute  inpatient  and  outpatient facilities and
  services in  operation  as  part  of  the  Erie  County  Medical  Center
  healthcare network on the effective date of this title.
    (d)  An  entity  shall  be  deemed a subsidiary corporation or company
  whenever and so long as: (i) more than half of any voting shares of such
  subsidiary are owned or held by the corporation or (ii)  a  majority  of
  the  directors, trustees, or members of such subsidiary are designees of
  the corporation.