Section 2601. Helen Hayes Hospital; functions; powers and duties

1. The
  Helen Hayes Hospital may receive persons who  are  physically  disabled,
  deformed  or suffering from disease from which they are likely to become
  physically disabled or deformed, for care,  study  and  experimental  or
  other treatment, under regulations established by the commissioner.
    2.  No person provided for by this article, however, shall be admitted
  to the hospital unless at the time of his admission  he  is  capable  of
  benefiting  from  care  in  terms  of improved capacity for remunerative
  occupation or self-sufficiency.
    3. The hospital shall, in conjunction with its provision of  care  and
  treatment,  conduct  investigations  of the cause, mortality, treatment,
  prevention and cure of physically disabling or  deforming  diseases  and
  conditions.