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NY Soc Serv L § 31 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 2 - Department and State Board of Social Welfare 31 - Fellowships and Scholarships for Local and State Public Welfare Employees.

§ 31.  Fellowships and scholarships for local and state public welfare   employees.   The department, under regulations which it shall prescribe,   and from moneys received or appropriated for such purpose, is authorized   to grant fellowships and scholarships to local and state public  welfare   employees  to  enable them to receive additional training for the better   performance of their duties.
NY Soc Serv L § 32 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 2 - Department and State Board of Social Welfare 32 - Reciprocal Agreements.

§  32.   Reciprocal agreements.  The department is authorized to enter   into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state  agencies  of  other   states  regarding  interstate  transportation  of dependent and indigent   persons, and to arrange with the propert officials in this state for the   acceptance, transfer and support of persons receiving public  assistance   and care in other states in accordance with the terms of such reciprocal   agreements,  but  this  state  shall  not  nor shall any county or other   political subdivision of this state  be  committed  to  the  support  of   persons  who  are  not,  in  the  opinion of the department, entitled to   public support by the laws of this state.  No agreement made pursuant to   the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  become  effective  until  the   attorney-general  has  approved  its form and sufficiency and determined   its legal effect.
NY Soc Serv L § 33 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 2 - Department and State Board of Social Welfare 33 - Contracts for Supplies and Commodities Needed in the Administration of Assistance.

§   33.    Contracts  for  supplies  and  commodities  needed  in  the administration of assistance.  The department may  (a)   make agreements for  supplies  and  commodities  needed  in  the administration  of  assistance and care, under which local welfare units may, subject to the approval of the department, purchase  such  supplies and commodities; and  (b)  in accordance with requisitions duly approved by the commissioner of general services, purchase as the agent of local welfare units and on their  request,  supplies or commodities needed in the administration of assistance and care and  make  payments  therefor  after  making  proper deductions  from  state  reimbursements  due the local units which avail themselves of the provisions of this subdivision.
NY Soc Serv L § 35 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 2 - Department and State Board of Social Welfare 35 - Legal Representation of Individuals Whose Federal Disability Benefits Have Been Denied or May Be Discontinued.

§  35.  Legal  representation  of individuals whose federal disability   benefits have been denied or may be discontinued.  1.  The  commissioner   shall  establish  criteria  for  selection of grant applications, review   applications awarded pursuant to the provisions  of  this  section,  and   exercise and perform such other functions as are related to the purposes   of this section.2. The commissioner shall make grants, within the amounts appropriated   for  that  purpose,  to  not-for-profit  legal services corporations and   not-for-profit agencies serving the disabled and local  social  services   districts,  to  provide  for  representation  of  persons  whose federal   disability benefits including supplemental security  income  and  social   security  disability  insurance  have been denied or may be discontinued   for  the  purpose  of  representing   these   persons   in   appropriate   proceedings.  When  the  commissioner has contracted with a local social   services district to provide such representation, the  legislative  body   of  such  district may authorize and make provision for the commissioner   of social services of the district to obtain necessary legal services on   a fee for services basis or other appropriate basis which the department   may approve. Such legal services may be provided by not-for-profit legal   services corporations, not-for-profit agencies serving the  disabled  or   private attorneys.3.  The  commissioner  shall  submit  a  report to the chairman of the   senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means   committee on or before  the  first  day  of  October,  nineteen  hundred   ninety-eight  and biannually thereafter. Such a report shall include but   not be limited to a review of the basis for selection  of  participating   entities;  the  administrative method used to carry out the program; the   number of cases appealed by district; the disposition of  such  appeals;   an  identification  of the savings and costs of the program to the state   and localities by district; an evaluation of  the  continuing  need  for   legal  representation  provided  by  the program and recommendations for   possible federal and state legislative and regulatory  actions  relating   thereto.4.   Responsibility   for   local  financial  participation  shall  be   determined by the commissioner based on either costs of and  the  number   of  district  residents  served  by each local entity or the alternative   cost allocation procedure deemed appropriate by the commissioner.
NY Soc Serv L § 36 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 2 - Department and State Board of Social Welfare 36 - Studies.

§  36.    Studies.    The  department  shall,  in  so far as available appropriations will permit, study and collect information in relation to  (a)  the number and conditions of persons who lack or  are  threatened with  the  deprivation  of  the  necessaries  of  life,  or seek, or are receiving public assistance or care and all matters pertaining  thereto, including  the  causes thereof and advise measures for their relief, and also for the relief of those in receipt of aid from private charity;  (b)  unemployment, poverty, economic distress and  other  problems  of social welfare generally as may be useful in the discharge of its duties or contribute to the promotion of social and economic security;  (c)    the  number  of  recipients  of  aid  in,  and the receipts and expenditures of, each public welfare district;  (d)  dependency and local conditions relative thereto;  (e)  such other matters in respect to public and private charities  as it may deem advisable; and  shall  publish  such  information as it deems of public concern and which may be of value in the performance of its duties.
NY Soc Serv L § 36-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 2 - Department and State Board of Social Welfare 36-A - Department Research and Demonstration Projects.

§  36-a.    Department  research and demonstration projects.   1.  The   department is authorized to sponsor, conduct and participate in research   and demonstration projects  designed  to  ascertain  and  eliminate  the   causes of dependency and to rehabilitate recipients of public assistance   and   care  or  to  demonstrate  the  utilization  of  research  in  the   administration of public assistance and care.2.  Except where a specific appropriation has been made  therefor,  no   such  research  or  demonstration  project  requiring the expenditure of   state funds shall be instituted without prior approval of  the  director   of the budget.3.    The department may request the cooperation of any county or city   social services  district  in  connection  with  any  such  research  or   demonstration project sponsored or conducted by the department.
NY Soc Serv L § 37 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 2 - Department and State Board of Social Welfare 37 - Reports of and to Department.

§  37.  Reports of and to department.  The department may collect and,   so far as it shall deem  advantageous,  embody  in  its  annual  reports   information  relating  to  the  best  manner  of  dealing with those who   require assistance from public funds, or who receive  aid  from  private   charity  and  represent  its  views as to the best methods of caring for   dependent children and such other matters as the commissioner  may  deem   advisable.
NY Soc Serv L § 38 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 2 - Department and State Board of Social Welfare 38 - Commission for the Blind.

§  38. Commission for the blind. The New York state commission for the   blind shall continue to exercise and perform its duties,  as  prescribed   by  law,  and  the  regulations  of  the  office  of children and family   services subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner; and   such commission shall be a bureau of the office of children  and  family   services.
NY Soc Serv L § 118 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 4 - Residence and Removal 118 - Qualification on Residence.

§  118.  Qualification on residence. The continuous residence required to acquire state residence or to establish  liability  for  payment  for hospital or other institutional care shall not include any period during which the person was (a) a patient in a hospital, or  (b)  an  incarcerated  individual  of  any  public  institution or any incorporated private institution, or  (c) if a child under the age of twenty-one years, in a  boarding  home under the care of an authorized agency, or  (d) residing on any military reservation. If,  however,  the periods of residence immediately prior and subsequent to the period specified in a, b, c,  or  d,  shall  together  equal  the required  period  of  residence, such person shall be deemed to have had the required continuous residence.
NY Soc Serv L § 118-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 4 - Residence and Removal 118-C - Family Court Cases; State Charges.

§  118-c.  Family court cases; state charges. In the event a child who   is residing on any Native  American  reservation  within  the  state  is   committed   or  placed  by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  as  a   delinquent, abused, neglected, or abandoned child, or person in need  of   supervision,  or  upon  any  ground  specified  in section three hundred   eighty-four-b of this chapter, the state,  shall  reimburse  the  social   services  district  from which the child was committed for the full cost   of care and maintenance of the child.
NY Soc Serv L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 4 - Residence and Removal 121 - Removal of Persons to Another State or Country.

§  121.  Removal  of persons to another state or country.  1. When any   person who is cared for at the expense of the state  or  of  any  public   welfare  district has settlement or residence or otherwise belongs to or   has legally responsible relatives able or friends willing  to  undertake   the  obligations to support him or to aid in supporting him in any other   state or country, the department may furnish him with transportation  to   such  state  or  country,  provided, in its judgment the interest of the   state and the welfare of such person will be thereby promoted.2. The expense of such removal shall be paid from the  state  treasury   on  the  audit  and  warrant  of  the comptroller pursuant to a verified   account  submitted  by  the  department  and  in  accordance  with   the   provisions  of  paragraph  d  of  subdivision one of section one hundred   fifty-three of this chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 459-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act 459-B - Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.

§  459-b.  Residential  services  for victims of domestic violence. In   accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter and the   regulations of the office of children  and  family  services,  a  social   services  district  shall  offer  and  provide  necessary  and available   emergency shelter and services for up to ninety days  at  a  residential   program  for  victims  of  domestic  violence  to  a  victim of domestic   violence who was residing in the social services district at the time of   the alleged domestic violence whether or not such victim is eligible for   public assistance.  Two  forty-five  day  extensions  of  necessary  and   available  emergency shelter may be granted beyond the maximum length of   stay at a residential program  for  victims  of  domestic  violence  for   residents who continue to be in need of emergency services and temporary   shelter. If the victim of domestic violence has a service animal as such   term is defined in section one hundred twenty-three-b of the agriculture   and  markets  law, or therapy dog as such term is defined in section one   hundred eight of the agriculture and  markets  law,  respectively,  such   service  animal  or therapy dog shall be allowed to accompany the victim   at the residential program authorized pursuant to this section, so  long   as  such  accompaniment  would  not create an undue burden as defined by   section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law.Where  such  accompaniment  would  constitute  an  undue  burden,  the   residential   program   shall  make  reasonable  efforts  to  facilitate   placement of such animal at an  off-site  animal  care  facility  or  if   reasonable efforts fail, provide referral to one or more off-site animal   care  facilities.  Such  off-site  animal  care  may include, but not be   limited to, boarding at a veterinary hospital or under the auspices of a   duly incorporated humane society, or duly incorporated animal protection   association approved for such purpose by the department  of  agriculture   and markets.Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be construed to limit any rights or   obligations provided pursuant to federal or state law, including but not   limited to providing  reasonable  accommodations  for  individuals  with   disabilities.
NY Soc Serv L § 459-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act 459-C - Non-Residential Services for Victims of Domestic Violence.

§ 459-c. Non-residential services for victims of domestic violence. 1.   In accordance with the provisions of this section and the regulations of   the  department,  a  social  services  district  shall offer and provide   non-residential services including but not limited to,  information  and   referral   services,   advocacy,  counseling,  community  education  and   outreach activities, and hotline  services,  to  a  victim  of  domestic   violence  whether or not the victim is eligible for public assistance. A   social services  district  may  provide  such  non-residential  services   directly   or   may   purchase   such  services  from  a  not-for-profit   organization operating a residential program  and/or  a  non-residential   program for victims of domestic violence.2. To the extent that funds are appropriated expressly therefore and a   social  services district has exhausted its allocation under title XX of   the federal social security act, state reimbursement shall be  available   for fifty percent of the expenditures made by a social services district   for  those  non-residential  services  provided  to  victims of domestic   violence which are included in the social services district's multi-year   consolidated services plans and annual implementation  reports  approved   by the department pursuant to section thirty-four-a of this chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 459-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act 459-D - Reporting Requirements.

§  459-d.  Reporting  requirements.  The  commissioner  shall submit a   report prior to December fifteenth, nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight  and   annually  thereafter  to  the governor and the legislature regarding the   implementation of this article. Such report shall include:1. the number of persons estimated to have been assisted  in  programs   covered by this article;2.  the number of persons estimated to have been denied shelter and/or   services;3. the amount of public and private funds  for  approved  programs  by   service type;4.  the  amount  of  funds used for the administration and staffing of   such programs;5. the occupancy rate and length of stay by residential program;6. the name and description of new programs developed by service type;7. the name and description of programs  in  danger  of  closing  that   received funds and the status of such programs;8.  the  name  and  description  of  programs  that  closed during the   reporting year and the reason for such closure;9. the number of individuals who requested and  received  transitional   services  and  the  effect  of  providing  such  services  to victims of   domestic violence and their families;10. the name and description  of  programs  which  received  technical   assistance and the effect of such assistance;11.  a  schedule  showing  the  approved  daily rates of reimbursement   payable  to  residential  programs  for  victims  of  domestic  violence   pursuant to section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter; and12.  all such other matters as may be necessary to inform the governor   and the legislature regarding the implementation  and  effectiveness  of   programs covered by this article.
NY Soc Serv L § 459-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act 459-E - Technical Assistance.

§ 459-e. Technical assistance. To the extent that funds are available,   the  department  shall  arrange  for  or provide technical assistance to   residential  and  non-residential  programs  for  victims  of   domestic   violence.   Technical assistance shall include, but shall not be limited   to, budgeting techniques, fund raising and program management.
NY Soc Serv L § 459-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act 459-F - Payment for Services.

§  459-f. Payment for services. Payments by a social services district   to a residential program for victims of domestic violence for the  costs   of  emergency  shelter  and  services  provided  to a victim of domestic   violence at the daily reimbursement rate determined by the department in   accordance with section one hundred thirty-one-u of this  chapter  shall   be  reduced  by  the  sum  of any other reimbursement available for such   costs.
NY Soc Serv L § 459-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act 459-G - Cooperation of an Abuser Not Required as a Condition of Eligibility for Benefits or Services.

§  459-g.  Cooperation  of  an  abuser  not required as a condition of   eligibility for benefits or services. 1. Neither the state, a  political   subdivision  of the state, a public authority, nor any employee or agent   thereof shall, in any way, condition eligibility or receipt of  services   or  benefits  by  a  victim  of  domestic  violence,  as defined in this   article, by requiring the victim to contact the person  who  perpetrated   such  domestic  violence or by requiring the person who perpetrated such   domestic violence to complete any forms, provide any information, appear   in person, or cooperate in any other manner as a part of  such  victim's   application for or process of certification for continued receipt of any   services or benefits in this state.2. Although such information or cooperation shall not be required as a   condition of eligibility for or receipt of such services or benefits, in   the  event  the  governmental  entity,  employee or agent seeks any such   information or cooperation, such entity, employee  or  agent  shall,  if   informed  consent  is  given  in  writing  by  such  victim  of domestic   violence, provide an intermediary to make such contact in a manner  that   protects  the  privacy,  confidentiality  and  current  location  of the   victim. In the event the governmental entity, employee  or  agent  seeks   any  such  information  or  cooperation  to comply with any federal law,   regulation or mandate, such entity, employee or agent  shall  so  advise   the victim of domestic violence and provide an intermediary to make such   contact  on  behalf  of  the  victim  in  a manner that will protect the   privacy, confidentiality and current location of the victim.
NY Soc Serv L § 459-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6-A - Domestic Violence Prevention Act 459-H - Confidentiality.

§  459-h.  Confidentiality.  1.  The street address of any residential   program for victims of domestic violence applying for  funding  pursuant   to  this  article  shall  be  confidential  and may be disclosed only to   persons designated by rules and regulations of the department.2. All information related to the general location or specific  street   address  of  a  structure anticipated to house a residential program for   victims of domestic  violence  that  is  contained  in  any  application   submitted  to  a  state  or  local agency or any instrumentality thereof   prior to the filing of an  application  for  funding  pursuant  to  this   article shall be kept confidential by those entities and their employees   and  may  be  disclosed  only  to  persons  designated  by the rules and   regulations of the department.
NY Soc Serv L § 464 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 8 - New York State Rural Human Services Networking Program 464 - Short Title.

§  464.  Short  title.  This  article may be cited as the "rural human   services networking program".
NY Soc Serv L § 464-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 8 - New York State Rural Human Services Networking Program 464-A - Legislative Findings.

§   464-a.   Legislative   findings.  The  legislature  hereby  finds,   determines, and declares that:1. In rural areas there is a necessity to promote different approaches   to human services delivery if programs are to properly  address  diverse   community  and  individual needs and such unique rural conditions as low   population density; a large proportion of elderly persons;  the  absence   of  economies of scale; geographic isolation; inadequate transportation;   fluctuating service demands; and general lack of  suitable  alternatives   for service delivery.2.  The  human  services  delivery  system  in  rural  areas  is often   fragmented, consisting of  isolated  providers  with  limited  financial   resources  and limited information-sharing networks. Many such providers   are currently providing  identical  or  similar  services  to  the  same   clientele  in  the  same  area,  often without being aware of a possible   duplication of effort.3. A full range of coordinated and integrated human services is  vital   to  the  health  and well-being of residents of rural areas of the state   who are or may in the future be  confronted  with  such  intense  social   problems   as  domestic  violence,  teenage  pregnancy,  migrant  health   problems, nutritional deficiencies, suicide, hunger, unemployment,  lack   of suitable shelter, crime, drug and alcohol abuse and poverty.4.  A  proper  response to intense social problems in some rural areas   would be to encourage greater sharing of information and resources among   human services providers in such  rural  areas,  thereby  enhancing  the   cost-effectiveness  and  delivery  of  services required to address such   social problems.  Such cooperative undertakings could be accomplished if   a program of financial incentives and state-level  technical  assistance   were made available to encourage providers in rural areas to embark upon   such  cooperative  arrangements  and  networking  of  the  services they   provide.