N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2150

§ 2150. Typhoid fever; carriers; care and maintenance, in\ninstitutions. Whenever any person is declared by the commissioner to be\na carrier of typhoid fever bacilli and whenever, for the protection of\nthe public health, the commissioner certifies to the necessity of\ncontinued isolation; or, whenever, the sanitary code prohibits a carrier\nof typhoid fever bacilli from engaging in his usual occupation, such\nperson may be given hospital or institutional care under the\nsurveillance of the local health officer at the expense of the state if\nthe hospital or institution in the judgment of the commissioner is\nproperly equipped for the care and maintenance of said person.\n