New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 586. Payment for services

(a) A legal relative of the recipient of the services;

(b) An insurance carrier designated by the recipient of the services;

(c) A hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter on behalf of an in-patient or out-patient of such hospital having been the recipient of the services;

(d) One purveyor to another purveyor for actual services rendered;

(e) An industrial firm only for its own employees;

(f) A trade union health facility only for its registered patients;

(g) Governmental agencies and/or their specified public or private agent, agency or organization on behalf of the recipient of the services;

(h) A substance abuse or chemical dependence program which has been approved to operate by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services pursuant to the provision of section 23.01 or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law on behalf of clients of such a program having been the recipient of the services;  and

(i) A health maintenance organization operating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance law or article forty-four of this chapter.