§ 396. Health and welfare services to all children. All public welfare districts and towns, shall provide children who attend schools other than public with all or any of the health and welfare services and facilities, including but not limited to health, surgical, medical, dental and therapeutic care and treatment, and corrective aids and appliances, authorized by law and now granted or hereafter made available by the public welfare district or districts and/or towns for or to children in the public schools in so far as these services and facilities may be requested by the authorities of the schools other than public. Any such services or facilities shall be so provided notwithstanding any provision of any charter or other provision of law inconsistent herewith.