N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 383-b

§ 383-b. Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute\nchildren; consent of commissioners. The local commissioner of social\nservices or the local commissioner of health may give effective consent\nfor medical, dental, health and hospital services for any child who has\nbeen found by the family court to be an abused, neglected or destitute\nchild, or who has been taken into or kept in protective custody or\nremoved from the place where he or she is residing, or who has been\nplaced in the custody of such commissioner, pursuant to section four\nhundred seventeen of this article or section one thousand twenty-two,\nsection one thousand twenty-four, section one thousand twenty-seven,\nsection one thousand ninety-four or section one thousand ninety-five of\nthe family court act.\n