N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2796

§ 2796. Special programs with respect to diabetes. The commissioner\nshall establish within the department a program to promote research and\npatient education regarding diabetes. To carry out the purposes of this\nsection, the commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:\n 1. to promote scientific investigations with respect to the causes,\nprevention and treatment of diabetes;\n 2. to promote patient education programs designed to reduce or prevent\nthe incidence and severity of diabetes;\n 3. to accept and expend any grants, awards or other funds or\nappropriations as may be available for these purposes subject to\nlimitations as to the approval of expenditures and audit as prescribed\nfor state funds by the state finance law; and\n 4. to enter into contracts within the amounts available therefor as\nmay be necessary to implement the provisions of this section.\n