§ 216 Automotive-medical research division. The commissioner shall
establish an automotive-medical research division with such facilities
and such expert assistants as are necessary to do medical and
engineering research in the field of motor vehicle safety. The
commissioner shall from time to time make reports and recommendations to
the governor, and the legislature on the findings and studies of the
agency. The commissioner shall be empowered to contract with the
department of health for medical research necessary to carry out the
purposes of this section, and, subject to the provisions of the state
finance law, to take and administer for the state any grant, gift or
bequest to be applied, principal or income, or both, for the purposes
specified in such grant, to the maintenance and operation of a research
program under this section.