(a) Section 19.09(b) of the Mental Hygiene Law authorizes the commissioner to adopt regulations necessary and proper to implement any matter under his/her jurisdiction and to assist local governmental units and non-governmental providers of addiction services in the development of local treatment programs and to make direct grants to nonprofit agencies for such purposes.

(b) Section 19.21(b) of the Mental Hygiene Law requires the commissioner to establish and enforce regulations concerning the licensing of programs for the provision of addiction services.

(c) Section 32.05 of the Mental Hygiene Law (MHL) authorizes the commissioner to issue operating certificates for the provision of chemical dependence treatment services.

(d) Section 32.01 of the Mental Hygiene Law authorizes the commissioner to adopt any regulation reasonably necessary to implement and effectively exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred by article 32 of the MHL.

(e) Article 25 of the Mental Hygiene Law authorizes the office, subject to the approval of the Office of the Budget (DOB), to provide State aid funding to programs or local agencies for the provision of addiction services and expenses related to the capital costs of such programs upon such terms and conditions as the office deems appropriate.

(f) The Facilities Development Corporation Act (chapter 359 of the Laws of 1968), authorizes the commissioner to promulgate regulations regarding financing or refinancing by voluntary agencies of treatment facilities with proceeds realized from the sale of tax exempt bonds and notes issued by the Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency and provided to the Facilities Development Corporation (FDC) for such purposes.

(g) Section five of the Facilities Development Corporation Act authorizes The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), created pursuant to chapter 392 of the Laws of 1973 as successor to the Facilities Development Corporation, to issue negotiable bonds and notes to provide funds for the financing or refinancing of capital improvements to mental hygiene facilities.