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NY Soc Serv L § 131-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-F - Retroactive Social Security Benefit Increases.

§  131-f.    Retroactive  social  security  benefit  increases.    Any   inconsistent provisions of this title, other provisions of this  chapter   or  of any other law notwithstanding, in determining the need for family   assistance, a social services official shall disregard, in  addition  to   any  other  amounts which are required or permitted to be disregarded in   determining such need, any retroactive  lump  sum  payment  made  to  an   individual  under  title  II  of  the  social security act (or under the   railroad retirement act of nineteen hundred thirty-seven  by  reason  of   the  first  proviso  in  section  three  (e) thereof), as a result of an   increase  in  monthly  benefits  under  the  old  age,  survivors,   and   disability insurance system.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-G - Authority to Accept Public and Private Gifts.

§  131-g.    Authority  to  accept  public  and  private  gifts.   The   department or a social services district shall have the power  to  apply   for,  accept,  receive  and expend public and private gifts or grants of   money, property or  services  for  any  purpose  provided  for  by  this   chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-H - Authority to Operate Family Homes for Adults.

§  131-h.    Authority  to  operate family homes for adults.  A social   services official may be authorized to operate family homes for  adults,   in  compliance  with the regulations of the department, if such official   applies for such authority and demonstrates the need therefor  and  that   suitable care is not otherwise available.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-I - Social Services Districts; Agreements.

* §  131-i.  Social  services  districts;  agreements.  Subject to the   provisions of section one hundred nineteen-o of  the  general  municipal   law,  social  services  districts  may  enter  into  agreements  for the   performance among themselves or of one  for  another  of  any  of  their   respective  functions,  powers  and  duties on a cooperative or contract   basis or for the provision of a joint service; provided,  however,  that   no  such agreement shall result in any relocation of offices which would   unreasonably diminish  access  to  necessary  services  or  unreasonably   increase  unreimbursed travel for applicants for or recipients of public   assistance or services.* NB There are 2 § 131-i's.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-J - Certain Utility Deposits.

§  131-j.    Certain utility deposits.   Any inconsistent provision of   this chapter or other law notwithstanding, a public assistance recipient   shall not be required by any corporation subject to  the  provisions  of   article  four  of  the public service law to pay a security deposit as a   condition of receiving any utility  service  provided  by  such  utility   company.    This  section  shall  apply  to  recipients  of supplemental   security income benefits or additional state  payments,  as  defined  in   section  three hundred of this chapter, and such persons shall be deemed   public assistance recipients for the purposes of this section.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-K - Illegal Aliens.

§  131-k.  Illegal  aliens.    2.  An  otherwise eligible applicant or   recipient who has been determined to be ineligible for aid to  dependent   children,  home  relief  or  medical  assistance  because he is an alien   unlawfully residing in the United States or because he failed to furnish   evidence that he is lawfully residing in  the  United  States  shall  be   immediately referred to the United States immigration and naturalization   service, or the nearest consulate of the country of the applicant or the   recipient  for  such  service or consulate to take appropriate action or   furnish assistance.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-L - Exclusion of Agent Orange Benefits.

§  131-l.  Exclusion  of  agent  orange  benefits.  A  social services   official shall disregard as income  and  resources  in  any  program  of   public  assistance  such  sums  as  are required to be disregarded under   section two hundred thirty-five-a of the military law  with  respect  to   exposure to agent orange or phenoxy herbicides.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-M - Information on Resource Referral Services.

§  131-m.  Information  on  resource referral services. 1. Each social   services district shall furnish social services information and resource   referral services, in accordance with the provisions of this section and   the regulations of the department.2. Such services shall be furnished without charge to any  person  who   is  in  need  of  and  requests  such  services,  without regard to such   person's eligibility for public assistance.3.  Each  social  services  district  shall  designate  staff   having   administrative responsibility for assuring the furnishing of information   and  referral  regarding  the  following  services  and programs and for   making appropriate inquiries related  to  the  actual  receipt  of  such   services:  financial  assistance  programs,  health  care  and services,   social services,  employment  services  and  other  community  services,   including legal, education and consumer services.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-P - Group Health Insurance Benefits; Condition of Eligibility.

§  131-p.  Group  health insurance benefits; condition of eligibility.   Notwithstanding any other inconsistent  provision  of  law  and  to  the   extent  permissible under federal law, any applicant for or recipient of   safety net assistance or family assistance who is  or  becomes  employed   and whose   employer provides group health insurance benefits, including   benefits  for  a  spouse  and  dependent  children  of such applicant or   recipient, shall apply for and utilize such benefits as a  condition  of   eligibility  for  safety  net  assistance  or  family assistance.   Such   applicant or recipient shall also  utilize  such  benefits  provided  by   former  employers as long as such benefits are available. The department   shall promulgate regulations to determine the  eligibility  requirements   of  those  applicants  and  recipients  who  have more than one employer   offering group health insurance benefits.The provisions of this section shall apply  to  such  applicants  upon   their   initial  certification  for  family  assistance  or  safety  net   assistance and to such recipients upon their recertifications  for  such   assistance  following  the date on which this section becomes effective.   The cost of premiums paid by such  applicants  or  recipients  for  such   coverage shall be deducted from such applicant's or recipient's earnings   as an expense incident to his or her employment.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-Q - Electronic Payment File Transfer System Pilot Project.

§  131-q.  Electronic payment file transfer system pilot project. * 1.   The commissioner is empowered to  authorize  the  city  social  services   district  of  the city of New York to continue the pilot project for the   design, development,  implementation  and  operation  of  an  electronic   payment  file  transfer  system,  in  accordance with regulations of the   department, as an alternative means of delivery of grants and allowances   to public assistance recipients.* NB Expired July 1, 19842. The  city  social  services  district  is  authorized  to  initiate   activities  to  prepare  for  a  city-wide  conversion to the electronic   payment file transfer system provided,  however,  the  department  shall   conduct  a hearing to elicit information concerning the effectiveness of   such system and the impact of such  system  upon  recipients,  and  such   other  matters  as  the  department  may  deem  relevant. Following such   hearing, the commissioner may authorize city-wide implementation of such   system.3. A recipient residing in the city  social  services  district  in  a   geographical  area  where the electronic payment file transfer system is   in operation shall be required to receive his public  assistance  grants   and allowances at a location designated by the social services district.   A recipient who is subject to the provisions of this chapter relating to   work  requirements shall remain subject to such provisions regardless of   the  location  where  he  receives  his  public  assistance  grants  and   allowances.4.  The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall expire on,   and be of no further force and effect after July first, nineteen hundred   eighty-four.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-R - Liability for Reimbursement of Public Assistance Benefits.

§ 131-r. Liability for reimbursement of public assistance benefits. 1.   Any  person  who  is  receiving or has received, within the previous ten   years, public assistance pursuant to the provisions of this article, and   who wins a lottery prize of six hundred dollars or more shall  reimburse   the  department  from  the  winnings,  for  all  such  public assistance   benefits paid to such person during the previous  ten  years;  provided,   however,  that such crediting to the department shall in no event exceed   fifty percent of the amount of the lottery prize. The commissioner shall   enter into an agreement with the director of the  lottery,  pursuant  to   section  sixteen hundred thirteen-b of the tax law, for the crediting of   lottery prizes against public assistance benefits. Nothing herein  shall   limit  the  ability  of  a  social  services district to make recoveries   pursuant to section 104 or section 106-b of this chapter.2. Any inconsistent provision of this chapter  or  of  any  other  law   notwithstanding,  a  social  services  official may not assert any claim   under any provision of  this  chapter  to  recover  payments  of  public   assistance   if   such   payments   were  reimbursed  by  child  support   collections.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-T (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-T - Periodic Reporting.

§  131-t. Periodic reporting. A social services official shall require   each public assistance  or  food  stamp  household  which  currently  is   receiving  or received earned income to submit periodic reports relating   to factors affecting eligibility,  to  the  extent  and  in  the  manner   required by department regulations.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-U (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-U - Domestic Violence Services.

§   131-u.   Domestic   violence   services.  1.  Notwithstanding  any   inconsistent provision of law, a  social  services  district  shall,  in   accordance  with  the  provisions of this section and regulations of the   department, offer and  provide  emergency  shelter  and  services  at  a   residential  program  for  victims  of  domestic violence, as defined in   article six-A of this chapter, to  the  extent  that  such  shelter  and   services  are  necessary and available to a victim of domestic violence,   as defined in article six-A of this chapter, and in  need  of  emergency   shelter  and  services, who was residing in the social services district   at the time of the alleged domestic violence.2. The department shall annually establish, subject to the approval of   the director of the budget, a  daily  rate  of  reimbursement  for  each   residential  program  for  victims  of  domestic violence, as defined in   article six-A  of  this  chapter,  certified  by  the  department  which   provides  emergency  shelter  and  services to persons eligible for such   emergency shelter and  services  pursuant  to  this  section.  A  social   services  district  financially  responsible  for  a  victim of domestic   violence shall reimburse a residential program for victims  of  domestic   violence  for  the  costs  of emergency shelter and services provided to   such  victim  at  the  daily  reimbursement  rate  established  by   the   department reduced by any other reimbursement available for such costs.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-V (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-V - Temporary Emergency Shelter.

§   131-v.   Temporary   emergency  shelter.  1.  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of law, and to the extent consistent with federal law,  a  social  services  official  may  contract  with  a   non-profit corporation  or  charitable  organization to provide temporary emergency shelter for eligible homeless households  in  dwelling  units  owned  or leased, and operated by such corporations or organizations.   2.  An  allowance for such shelter may be made for households dwelling in such units if:  (a)  no  other  suitable  privately  owned  housing  which  meets  the department's  standards for health and safety is available, other than a more expensive hotel or motel; and  (b) no household was evicted to produce such units.   3. The continued need for such shelter shall  be  reviewed,  evaluated and  authorized  monthly  by  a social services official. Such allowance shall not be available for more than six months unless the  commissioner of  the  social  services  district  determines  on an annual basis that permanent housing is not readily available in the district  and  submits to the department such determination on an annual basis.   4.  The  social  services  district  shall  submit for approval by the department health and safety standards that such units must satisfy  and shall  inspect  such  units  regularly to ensure that such standards are satisfied.   5. Such non-profit corporation or charitable organization shall, at  a minimum,  provide such households with assistance in obtaining permanent housing and with information regarding  available  counseling  services, employment  assessment,  job  training  and  job placement services, and child care services.   6. This section shall  not  be  construed  to  limit  other  means  of providing  temporary  emergency  shelter  otherwise permitted under this chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-W - Limitations in the Payment of Rent Arrears.

§  131-w.  Limitations in the payment of rent arrears. Districts shall   not provide assistance to pay rent arrears, property taxes  or  mortgage   arrears  for  persons  not  eligible  for  home relief, aid to dependent   children, emergency  assistance  to  needy  families  with  children  or   emergency  assistance  for  aged,  blind and disabled persons, except to   persons who are without income or  resources  immediately  available  to   meet  the  emergency  need, whose gross household income does not exceed   one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal income  official  poverty   line and who sign a repayment agreement agreeing to repay the assistance   in  a  period  not to exceed twelve months.  The districts shall enforce   the repayment agreements by any legal method available to a creditor, in   addition to any rights it has pursuant to this chapter.  The  department   shall  promulgate  regulations  to  implement  this section which shall,   among other things, establish standards for the  contents  of  repayment   agreements and establish standards to ensure that assistance is provided   only in emergency circumstances.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-X (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-X - Reverse Mortgage Loans.

§    131-x.    Reverse   mortgage   loans.   Notwithstanding any other   inconsistent provisions of law  and  to  the  extent  permissible  under   federal  law,  regulation  or waiver, the proceeds of a reverse mortgage   loan made in conformity with the requirements  of  section  two  hundred   eighty  or  two  hundred  eighty-a  of the real property law or exempted   therefrom pursuant to subdivision four of section two hundred eighty  or   subdivision  four  of  section two hundred eighty-a of the real property   law shall not be considered as income or resources of the mortgagor  for   any  purpose  under  any law relating to food stamps, public assistance,   veteran  assistance,  safety  net  assistance,  low-income  home  energy   assistance,   federal   supplemental  security  income  benefits  and/or   additional state payments, medical  assistance,  any  prescription  drug   plan  or  other  payments,  allowances,  benefits  or services available   pursuant to this chapter; provided, however, that for applicants or  for   recipients  of  safety  net  assistance,  any such reverse mortgage loan   proceeds shall be disregarded  as income and/or resources  only  in  the   event that, and for so long as, federal laws and regulations exempt loan   proceeds  in  the  determination  of  eligibility  for  both  the aid to   families  with  dependent  children  and  supplemental  security  income   programs.
NY Soc Serv L § 132-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 132-A - Children Born Out of Wedlock; Special Provisions.

§ 132-a. Children born out of wedlock; special provisions.  1. When an   investigation  is  required  by section one hundred thirty-two and other   provisions  of  this  chapter  for  the  purpose  of   determining   the   eligibility for public assistance and care of an applicant pregnant with   or who is the mother of an out of wedlock child such investigation shall   include diligent inquiry into the paternity of such child.2.  Except  when  the  surrender  of  the child to the social services   official  for  the  purpose  of  adoption  is  under  consideration   in   accordance  with  the  provisions of section one hundred thirty-two, and   except when the child  has  been  surrendered  to  the  social  services   official for the purpose of adoption, the social services official shall   communicate  with  and  require support from any person liable by law to   contribute to the support of such applicant or her child.3. In appropriate cases, such applicant shall be required  to  file  a   petition  in  the  family court instituting proceedings to determine the   paternity of her  child,  and  she  shall  be  required  to  assist  and   cooperate in establishing such paternity. However, such a petition shall   not  be  required  to  be filed if the child has been surrendered to the   social services official for adoption or  if  such  surrender  is  under   consideration  in  accordance with the provisions of section one hundred   thirty-two.4. In any case where the social  services  official  has  decided,  in   accordance with the provisions of section one hundred thirty-two, not to   conduct  an  investigation,  a  written  report of such decision and the   basis therefor shall be made in duplicate to the department, upon  forms   prescribed  by  the  department,  within  thirty  days  after the making   thereof.
NY Soc Serv L § 133 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 133 - Temporary Preinvestigation Emergency Needs Assistance or Care.

§  133. Temporary preinvestigation emergency needs assistance or care.   Upon application for public assistance or care under this  chapter,  the   local  social services district shall notify the applicant in writing of   the availability of a monetary grant adequate to  meet  emergency  needs   assistance  or  care  and  shall,  at  such time, determine whether such   person is in immediate need. If it shall appear  that  a  person  is  in   immediate  need,  emergency  needs  assistance  or care shall be granted   pending  completion  of  an  investigation.  The  written   notification   required  by  this  section  shall  inform  such person of a right to an   expedited hearing when emergency needs assistance or care is  denied.  A   public   assistance  applicant  who  has  been  denied  emergency  needs   assistance or care must be given reason for such  denial  in  a  written   determination  which  sets  forth  the basis for such denial. Nothing in   this section shall be construed to require the social services  district   or  any  state agency to provide medical assistance, except as otherwise   required by title eleven of this article.
NY Soc Serv L § 133-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 133-A - Contracts for Distribution of Public Assistance Grants.

§  133-a.  Contracts for distribution of public assistance grants.  As   permitted or required by regulations  of  the  department,  each  social   services  district may contract with an appropriate department or agency   of the state or banking institutions to distribute grants and allowances   of public assistance to the grantees thereof.
NY Soc Serv L § 134 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 134 - Supervision.

§  134.  Supervision.   The social service officials responsible under   section one hundred thirty-two for  investigating  any  application  for   public  assistance  and  care, shall maintain close contact with persons   granted public assistance and care.  Such persons shall  be  visited  as   frequently  as  is  provided  by  the  regulations  of the department or   required by the circumstances of the case, in order that  any  treatment   or   service   tending  to  restore  such  persons  to  a  condition  of   self-support and to relieve their distress may be rendered and in  order   that  assistance or care may be given only in such amount and as long as   necessary.  Persons receiving care in an institution shall be visited as   often as may be necessary in order that any service or  care  needed  by   them  shall  be  provided  and in order that institutional care shall be   given only as long as it is advantageous for the person's welfare.   The   circumstances   of   a   person   receiving   continued  care  shall  be   reinvestigated as frequently as the regulations of  the  department  may   require.