Section 2903. Designation as agency to administer federal hospital program in New York

The  department  of  health  is  hereby  designated,  and
  empowered  to  act,  as  the  sole agency of the state, to carry out the
  purposes of any  such  federal  law  or  laws  heretofore  or  hereafter
  enacted. Such department is authorized to submit an inventory and survey
  in  accordance  with federal law, containing all information required by
  the surgeon general and a  state  plan  providing  for  constructoin  of
  adequate  hospital  facilities for the people residing within the state,
  regardless of their ability to pay therefor, without  discrimination  on
  account  of race, creed or color, as may be required by such federal law
  or  laws  relating  thereto,  and  to  administer   or   supervise   the
  administration of any plan or plans or otherwise act thereunder.
    Application  for  funds, authorized to be received and accepted by the
  department of taxation and finance under section twenty-nine hundred two
  of this article, shall be made  by  the  department  of  health  to  the
  surgeon  general  of  the  United  States public health service or other
  appropriate agency.