Section 2602. Helen Hayes Hospital; charges for service and reimbursement

1. The commissioner shall  establish  the  rates  to  be  paid  for  the
  maintenance,  care  and  treatment of all patients admitted to the Helen
  Hayes Hospital.
    2. The commissioner shall require that the director  of  the  hospital
  shall  render  bills  at  suitable intervals and a final bill as soon as
  practicable on discharge of a patient, to the person or agency  in  each
  instance who guarantees payment or, if payment is to be made from public
  funds,  to  the  proper  fiscal  officer  of  the  agency  or  county or
  municipality indicated.
    3. The commissioner may in his  discretion,  in  proper  cases,  where
  substantial  justice  will  best  be served thereby, waive such bills or
  compromise any portion of such  bills  for  the  maintenance,  care  and
  treatment received or furnished to patients in the hospital. Such waiver
  or  compromise shall be made only upon prior approval of the comptroller
  and the attorney general when they deem it to be for the  best  interest
  of the state.