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NY Soc Serv L § 352-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 352-A - Children Born Out of Wedlock; Special Provisions.

§  352-a.   Children born out of wedlock; special provisions.  1.  The social  services  official  providing  family   assistance   allowances, pursuant  to  the  provisions of this title, for the benefit of children born out of wedlock, shall have and shall perform the  following  duties and powers in addition to others imposed or conferred upon him or her by or pursuant to other provisions of this chapter or other law:  (a)    to  ascertain who may be the putative father of such child born out of wedlock, and take appropriate steps to  establish  the  paternity thereof in accordance with applicable provisions of law;  (b)   to determine the ability and potential ability of the parents of each such child to support or to  contribute  to  the  support  of  such child;  (c)    to  take  such  steps  and make such efforts to locate any such parent whose whereabouts are unknown to such official as  all  available means  will  allow;  such  means  shall  include,  and  there  shall  be utilization of, appropriate  services  offered  by  the  department,  by agencies of other states and by the federal government;  (d)    to  establish  cooperative  arrangements with the family court, county  attorneys,  corporation  counsels  and  other  law   enforcement officials,  for  the  establishment of paternity and location of missing parents of such children and for the enforcement of their obligations to support or contribute to support of such children to the extent of their ability;  (e)    to  provide  pertinent  information  to  such  court  and   law enforcement  officials  to  enable  them  to assist in locating putative fathers  and  deserting  parents  of  such  children,  in   establishing paternity  and  in  securing  support  payments therefrom, provided that there is an agreement between such social  services  official  and  such court  and such law enforcement officials insuring that such information will be used only for the purpose intended;  (f)  to reimburse, to the extent that state and  federal  requirements authorize  or  require, appropriate courts and law enforcement officials for activities related to the  requirements  of  this  chapter  and  the family  court  act  with  respect  to establishment of paternity and for services they have undertaken on behalf of such official.
NY Soc Serv L § 353 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 353 - Grant of Aid.

§  353.    Grant of aid.   Upon the completion of an investigation the proper social services official shall  (a)  decide whether the applicant is eligible for and  should  receive family  assistance, the amount, nature and manner of paying or providing it and the date on which it shall begin,  (b)  notify the applicant of his decision in writing.
NY Soc Serv L § 355 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 355 - Rules, Regulations and Forms.

§  355.    Rules,  regulations  and forms.   The department shall   1.   supervise the administration of family assistance,2.  prescribe the form of and print and supply to the  public  welfare   officials  blanks  for  applications, reports, affidavits and such other   forms as it may deem advisable,3.  make regulations necessary for the carrying out of the  provisions   of  this  title  to  the  end  that  allowances  may  be granted and the   provisions of this title administered uniformly throughout the state.
NY Soc Serv L § 356 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 356 - Moneys to Be Provided by Counties and Cities; How Expended.

§  356.    Moneys to be provided by counties and cities; how expended.   1. The legislative body of each social services district shall  annually   appropriate  to  the  commissioner of social services such sum as may be   needed for family assistance, and for the administration  thereof.  When   the assistance for which such social services district is responsible is   administered,  pursuant  to  title three-A of article three, by a social   services official who is not an officer of the social services  district   for which the appropriation is made, all or part of the sum appropriated   shall be made available to such other officer and to the municipality of   which  he  or she is an officer, in the manner, and at such times, as is   required  by other provisions of this chapter. The legislative  body  of   the social services district shall include such sums in the taxes  to be   levied for such social services district.2.  Allowances  granted  for  family  assistance  shall be paid out of   moneys appropriated or otherwise made  available to the social  services   district.3.  Expenditures for allowances and administrative expenses under this   title shall be a charge upon the county or city public welfare district.
NY Soc Serv L § 357 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 357 - Quarterly Estimates.

§ 357. Quarterly estimates. Each social services district shall submit   to  the  department quarterly estimates of its anticipated  expenditures   for family assistance and administrative expenses not less  than  thirty   days  before    the  first  day of each of the quarters beginning on the   first day of the months of July, October, January  and  April,  in  such   form  and  together  with  such  other information as the department may   require.
NY Soc Serv L § 358-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 358-B - Limitations on State Reimbursement for Foster Care.

* §  358-b. Limitations on state reimbursement for foster care. In the   event that a petition for approval of an instrument and the transfer  of   the  custody  and  guardianship  or care and custody of a child is filed   within thirty days following removal of the  child  from  his  home  and   diligently  pursued  pursuant  to section three hundred fifty-eight-a of   this title, state reimbursement shall not  be  denied  for  expenditures   made  by a social services district for the care and maintenance of such   a child away from his home prior to denial of such petition by a  family   court judge solely by reason of such denial.* NB Effective until June 30, 2022* §  358-b. Limitations on state reimbursement for foster care. In the   event that a petition for approval of an instrument and the transfer  of   the  custody  and  guardianship  or care and custody of a child is filed   within thirty days following removal of the  child  from  his  home  and   diligently  pursued  pursuant  to section three hundred fifty-eight-a of   this chapter, state  reimbursement  shall  not  be  denied  pursuant  to   section one hundred fifty-three-d of this chapter, for expenditures made   by  a  social  services  district for the care and maintenance of such a   child away from his home prior to denial of such petition  by  a  family   court judge solely by reason of such denial.* NB Effective June 30, 2022
NY Soc Serv L § 358-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 10 - Aid to Dependent Children 358-C - Rules of Court.

§  358-c.    Rules of court.  The administrative board of the judicial   conference  shall   prepare,   by   August   first,   nineteen   hundred   seventy-three,  rules of court for the efficient and just administration   of  the  judicial  proceedings  authorized  by  section  three   hundred   fifty-eight-a  of  this  chapter  and  such  rules may be amended by the   administrative board from time to time.  The state  administrator  shall   prescribe  forms for petitions, notices and orders authorized by section   three hundred fifty-eight-a, and may authorize courts  determining  such   proceedings  to  submit information to the department in a manner and at   such times as the administrative board may prescribe.   Nothing in  this   section  shall be construed to limit the authority of the state board of   social welfare.
NY Soc Serv L § 363 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 363 - Declaration of Objects.

§  363.   Declaration of objects. Medical assistance for needy persons   is hereby declared to be a matter of public concern and a  necessity  in   promoting  the  public  health and welfare and for promoting the state's   goal of making available to everyone, regardless of race, age,  national   origin  or  economic  standing,  uniform, high-quality medical care.  In   furtherance of such goal, a comprehensive program of medical  assistance   for  needy  persons  is  hereby established to operate in a manner which   will assure a uniform high standard of medical assistance throughout the   state.   In carrying out this program every  effort  shall  be  made  to   promote  maximum  public awareness of the availability of, and procedure   for obtaining, such assistance, and to facilitate the  application  for,   and the provision of such medical assistance.
NY Soc Serv L § 363-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 363-A - Federal Aid; State Plan.

§  363-a.  Federal  aid; state plan. 1. The department of health shall   submit and maintain a plan for medical assistance, as required by  title   XIX,  or any successor title, of the federal social security act, to the   federal department of health and human services for approval pursuant to   the provisions of such law and shall act as the single state  agency  to   supervise  the  administration of the plan in this state. The department   of health shall act for the state in any negotiations  relative  to  the   submission  and  approval of such plan and any amendments thereto and it   may make such  arrangements,  not  inconsistent  with  law,  as  may  be   required  by  or  pursuant  to  federal  law  to  obtain and retain such   approval and to secure for the state the benefits of the  provisions  of   such law.2.   The  department  of  health  shall  make  such  regulations,  not   inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to implement this title.3. The  department  of  health  shall  make  reports  to  the  federal   department  of  health  and  human  services as from time to time may be   required by such federal department.4. The department of taxation and finance shall accept and receive any   and all grants of money awarded to the state under  title  XIX,  or  any   successor  title,  of  the  federal social security act.   All moneys so   received shall be deposited by the department of taxation and finance in   a special fund or funds and shall be used by the state  exclusively  for   medical  assistance  and the administration thereof under the provisions   of this title. Such moneys shall be paid from  such  fund  or  funds  on   audit  and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers of or certification by   the department of health.
NY Soc Serv L § 363-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 363-B - Agreements for Federal Determination of Eligibility of Aged, Blind and Disabled Persons for Medical Assistance.

§ 363-b.  Agreements for federal determination of eligibility of aged,   blind  and  disabled  persons for medical assistance.   1.   In order to   avoid costly, duplicative administrative responsibility, the  department   on  behalf  of  the  state may, with the approval of the director of the   budget, enter into an agreement with the secretary of health,  education   and welfare for the secretary to determine eligibility, commencing on or   after  the  first  day  of  January  nineteen  hundred seventy-four, for   medical assistance in the case  of  aged,  blind  or  disabled  persons,   pursuant  to  the provisions of the social security act authorizing such   agreements and  subject  to  the  requirements  of  this  title.    Such   agreement  shall  include provision for payments of one-half the cost of   such services to be made to such secretary.2.  Payments required to be made by the department to the secretary of   health, education and welfare for  his  services  under  such  agreement   shall  be  borne  by  and  shared  equally  between  the social services   districts to which such payments are attributable and the state for  any   period  commencing on or after the first day of January nineteen hundred   seventy-four.
NY Soc Serv L § 363-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 363-C - Medicaid Management.

§  363-c.  Medicaid  management. 1. The commissioner of the department periodically shall convene, but not less than quarterly and no more than monthly, meetings of  the  directors  and  commissioners  of  all  state agencies  and  departments receiving general fund appropriations for the purpose of state matching funds for medicaid  services  and  appropriate representation  of  local departments of social services. The purpose of these meetings is to identify, without limitation:  (a) methods to contain the growth of medicaid spending;  (b) methods to improve the quality of and recipient satisfaction  with medicaid state agency and department services;  (c)  opportunities  for  consolidation  and  methods  to  improve  the efficiency and effectiveness of existing service delivery;  (d) opportunities for education and prevention; and  (e) the  collective  priority  of  critical  needs  for  the  medicaid population.   2. The department annually shall compile the results of these meetings and  provide  them  to  the  governor, the senate finance committee, the assembly ways and means committee,  the  senate  health  committee,  the assembly  health  committee,  the  senate  social services, children and families committee, and the assembly social services committee.   3. By December thirty-first of each year, the department shall  submit to  the  governor,  the  senate finance committee, the assembly ways and means committee,  the  senate  health  committee,  the  assembly  health committee,  the senate social services, children and families committee, and the assembly social services committee medicaid expenditures made to other state agencies in the preceding  state  fiscal  year.  The  report shall include, but is not limited to:  (a) amounts paid to each agency according to category of service; and  (b)  rates  paid  to  each state agency and the associated methodology used in developing those rates.   * 4. Notwithstanding any laws or  regulations  to  the  contrary,  all social  services  districts,  providers  and other recipients of medical assistance program funds shall make available to the commissioner or the director of the division of budget in a prompt fashion  all  fiscal  and statistical   records   and   reports,   other  contemporaneous  records demonstrating their right to receive payment, and all underlying  books, records,  documentation  and  reports,  which  may  be  requested by the commissioner or the director of the division of the  budget  as  may  be determined necessary to manage and oversee the Medicaid program provided however,  any  personally  identifying  information obtained pursuant to this subdivision shall remain confidential and shall be used solely  for the purposes of this subdivision.   * NB Repealed April 3, 2022
NY Soc Serv L § 363-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 363-E - Medicaid Plan, Applications for Waivers and Plan Amendments; Public Disclosure.

* §   363-e.   Medicaid   plan,  applications  for  waivers  and  plan   amendments; public disclosure. 1. The commissioner of health shall  post   on  the  department  of health internet website in as timely a manner as   practical the entirety of the state's plan  for  medical  assistance  as   required  by  title  XIX  of  the  federal  Social  Security Act, or its   successor, and every approved amendment and change to the plan.2. The commissioner of health shall post on the department  of  health   internet  website  in as timely a manner as practical: every application   for a federal waiver and every proposed state plan  amendment,  relating   to  the  state's  plan  for medical assistance, submitted to the federal   department of health and human services, or any successor agency or part   thereof.* NB There are 2 § 363-e's
NY Soc Serv L § 363-E-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 363-E*2 - Preclaim Review for Participating Providers of Medical Assistance Program Services and Items.

* §  363-e.  Preclaim  review  for  participating providers of medical   assistance program services and items. The department of health and  the   office   of   the  Medicaid  inspector  general  shall  jointly  develop   requirements for preclaim review. Every service or item within  a  claim   or encounter submitted by a participating provider shall be reviewed and   verified  by  a verification organization prior to submission of a claim   or encounter to the department of health or to a managed  care  provider   as  defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section three hundred   sixty-four-j of this title. The verification organization shall  declare   each  service  or  item to be verified or unverified. Each participating   provider shall  receive  and  maintain  reports  from  the  verification   organization which shall contain data on:1. verified services or items, including whether a service appeared on   a conflict or exception report before verification and how that conflict   or exception was resolved; and2.  services  or  items that were not verified, including conflict and   exception report data for these services.* NB There are 2 § 363-e's
NY Soc Serv L § 364-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 364-E - Aid to Families With Dependent Children Homemaker/home Health Aide Demonstration Projects.

* §  364-e.  Aid  to  families  with dependent children homemaker/home health aide demonstration projects. 1.  Notwithstanding  sections  three hundred  sixty-six  and three hundred sixty-eight-a of this chapter, the department shall have the authority to enter into agreements with social services districts for  the  purpose  of  conducting  the  demonstration project  authorized  by  section  nine  hundred sixty-six of the omnibus reconciliation act of nineteen hundred eighty,  designed  to  train  and employ persons eligible for and receiving aid to families with dependent children benefits as homemakers or home health aides. Such persons shall provide authorized services to elderly or disabled individuals, or other individuals in need of services, to whom such services are not otherwise reasonably  and  actually  available or provided, and who would, without the availability of such services, be reasonably anticipated to  require institutional care.   2.  Participants in the demonstration project shall be persons who are eligible participants as defined in  subdivision  (b)  of  section  nine hundred sixty-six of P.L. 96-499.   3. For purposes of this section, authorized services include part-time or intermittent:  (a) personal care, such as bathing, grooming and toilet care;  (b) assisting patients having limited mobility;  (c) feeding and diet assistance;  (d) home management, housekeeping and shopping;  (e) health-oriented recordkeeping; and  (f) simple procedures for identifying potential health problems.   4.  For  the first year during which a person is employed by a project authorized by this section, such person shall,  notwithstanding  section three  hundred  sixty-six  of  this  chapter, retain any eligibility for medical assistance under a state plan approved under Title  XIX  of  the Social  Security  Act,  which such person had at the time he/she entered the project.   5. Expenditures made for services provided by persons participating in this  demonstration  project  shall  be  considered  medical  assistance expenditures  and  shall  be reimbursed in accordance with section three hundred sixty-eight-a of this chapter.   6. This section shall  be  effective  if,  and  as  long  as,  federal financial participation is available therefor.   * NB Expired June 30, 1986
NY Soc Serv L § 364-KK (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 11 - Medical Assistance for Needy Persons 364-KK - Condition of Participation.

§ 364-kk. Condition of Participation. 1. Notwithstanding any provision   of   law   to   the  contrary,  in  addition  to  the  requirements  for   participation in the medical assistance program as may be required to be   met by nursing facilities and assisted living programs, such  facilities   and  programs,  adult  homes  and  enriched  housing  programs receiving   payment under this chapter shall enter  into  arrangements  with  social   services   districts  to  admit,  on  a  priority  basis,  a  number  of   individuals eligible to have medical assistance paid on their behalf who   are otherwise  appropriate  for  nursing  facility  or  other  long-term   residential  care,  as  described  in this section, and whose health and   safety reasonably cannot  be  maintained  in  their  own  homes  by  the   provision of personal care services, home health services, or other home   and community-based services, as determined by the local social services   official pursuant to standards promulgated by the department pursuant to   section three hundred sixty-seven-m of this chapter.2.  The  department  shall by regulation establish a method or formula   for determining a fair and equitable distribution of priority admissions   under this section in order that  all  providers  of  nursing  home  and   long-term   residential  care  services  share  the  responsibility  for   accepting placements required under subdivision one hereof,  and  accept   such  placements,  and  that  no  one  provider  of  nursing facility or   long-term residential care, group or classification thereof is  required   to   accept  a  number  of  such  placements  as  would  jeopardize  the   profitability or viability of  such  provider,  group  of  providers  or   classification  of  providers,  or  as  would otherwise unduly burden or   impair the operation, character or continuation of such provider,  group   of providers, or classification of provider.3.  The  commissioners of health and social services shall monitor the   implementation of this section and, on or before March  first,  nineteen   hundred  ninety-six,  report  to  the  governor  and legislature on such   implementation and the effects thereof and shall include recommendations   for continuation or  other  modifications  to  the  provisions  of  this   section.