(a) In cities having a population of less than one hundred and seventy-five thousand and in those cities which have by special law established a department of health, the commissioner of health or health officer, with the consent and approval of the mayor and the board of estimate and apportionment or other board having similar power in such cities and the common council or similar legislative authority in cities having no such boards, may enter into contracts

1. (1) with corporations duly licensed in the state of New York to transact the business of accident and health insurance to provide to sick and disabled persons insured by them such home care, including nursing and other paramedical services (excluding physicians' services) as may be needed by them;
2. (2) with hospital service corporations organized and operating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance law to provide to their subscribers nursing service and such other paramedical services as would have been available in a hospital (excluding physicians' services) at rates which shall prior to payment be approved as to reasonableness by the superintendent of financial services;
3. (3) with any municipal corporation or local, state or federal agency to provide such home care, including nursing and other paramedical services (excluding physicians' services) as may be needed by sick and disabled persons;
4. (4) with medical expense indemnity corporations organized and operating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance law to provide their subscribers with such home care, including nursing and other paramedical services, as may be needed by them at rates which shall prior to payment be approved as to reasonableness by the superintendent of financial services; and
5. (5) with any non-profit corporation, agency or association established for the purpose of improvement of health services, or for the purpose of providing home care for sick and disabled persons, including nursing and other paramedical services (excluding physicians' services) as may be needed by such persons.
6. (6) with any dentist, physician or group of physicians, without public bidding, for the rental or use of a portion of a clinic or public health center and its equipment and furnishings provided, however, that any such dentist, physician or group of physicians shall render such care and treatment as shall be necessary or possible under the circumstances to any person found eligible for emergency treatment including those found in an unconscious, seriously ill or wounded condition and to any person eligible for medical assistance pursuant to section three hundred sixty-six of the social services law.