N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2421

§ 2421. Cancer institute; functions; powers and duties. 1. The state\ninstitute for the study of malignant diseases, shall conduct\ninvestigations of the cause, mortality, treatment, prevention and cure\nof cancer and allied diseases.\n 2. Persons afflicted with cancer or allied diseases, may be received\nfree of charge in the said state institute for study, experimental or\nother treatment, under regulations established by the commissioner.\n 3. The direction of related research work in whole or in part toward\nmalignant diseases in connection with conditions other than cancer shall\nnot be a violation of the conditions of the grants made pursuant to the\nprovisions of chapter one hundred twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen\nhundred eleven.\n