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NY Soc Serv L § 171 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 171 - Responsibility; County Social Services Districts; City Social Services Districts; Cities; Towns.

§  171.  Responsibility; county social services districts; city social services districts; cities; towns. 1. A county social services  district which  has  elected,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  title, to administer   veteran  assistance  shall  be  responsible  for  providing veteran assistance,  and the expense thereof, to:  (a)  persons  residing  or found therein, subject to  reimbursement by the state;  (b) persons residing or found in any town  in  the  county,  when  the expense  of providing safety net assistance to persons residing or found in such towns is a county charge pursuant to the provisions  of  section seventy-two and section seventy-three of this chapter;  (c)  persons  residing  or found in a city forming part of the  county social services district, when  the  expense  of  providing  safety  net assistance to persons  residing or found in such city is a county charge pursuant   to   the   provisions  of  section  seventy-two  and  section seventy-three of this chapter.   2. A  town  responsible  for  the  expense  of  providing  safety  net assistance  to  persons  residing  or found therein, pursuant to section sixty-nine, which has elected to administer veteran assistance, pursuant to the provisions of this title,  shall  be  responsible  for  providing veteran  assistance  to local charges residing or found therein, and the expense thereof.
NY Soc Serv L § 172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 172 - Moneys to Be Provided.

§  172.  Moneys  to  be  provided. 1. The social services official  of   every county, city or town responsible for veteran assistance, under the   provisions of this title, shall include in his or  her  annual  estimate   for  safety  net  assistance  the  amount  necessary  to  carry  out the   provisions of this title in such county, city or town.2. Legislative bodies shall make appropriations and  raise  money  for   veteran assistance in the same manner as for safety net assistance.
NY Soc Serv L § 174-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 174-B - Authorization of Veteran Assistance in Towns.

§  174-b.  Authorization  of  veteran assistance in towns. 1. The town   board of a town responsible for the  expense  of  providing  safety  net   assistance  to  persons residing or found therein, upon the presentation   of a petition to it by one or more posts, camps or garrisons of  one  or   more   veteran  organizations  in  the  town,  requesting  that  veteran   assistance be  authorized by the local social services officer, may,  by   resolution  adopted  by  majority  vote,  authorize and direct the local   social services officer to authorize and furnish veteran  assistance  to   persons  residing  or  found  therein.    Thereafter,  the  local social   services officer shall have, exercise and perform the  same  powers  and   duties  with  relation  to  veteran  assistance as he has, exercises and   performs with relation to safety net assistance.2. When the town board of a town has authorized and directed the local   social services officer to authorize and furnish veteran assistance,  if   neither the local social services officer, or the supervisor of the town   authorized  to  act  as  such  official,  nor the assistant local social   services officer, if there be one, is a veteran, as herein defined,  the   town  board  may appoint, or authorize the local social services officer   to appoint, a veteran, as herein defined, as a deputy or assistant local   social service officer.
NY Soc Serv L § 175 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 175 - Administration of Veteran Assistance in New York City.

§  175.  Administration of veteran assistance in New York city. 1.  In   the city of New York, veteran assistance committee  means  each  welfare   committee chosen by the county unit of each veteran organization.2.  In  the  city  of  New  York,  veteran assistance shall be paid or   granted direct to  the  beneficiaries  by  the  commissioner  of  public   welfare  through  the  veterans  division  of  the  department of public   welfare on a written recommendation  signed  by  three  members  of  the   veteran  assistance  committee  of  the  county  in  which the applicant   resides.3. The comptroller of the city of New York shall, out  of  the  amount   appropriated for such assistance, provide a cash fund to be placed under   the  control  of the commissioner from which to pay such assistance, and   he shall replenish said fund upon  presentation  of  properly  receipted   recommendations  by  the  county  veteran  assistance committees for the   amounts paid out of said fund.
NY Soc Serv L § 177 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 177 - Care in Public Homes; Consent of Veteran or Other Eligible Persons.

§  177.  Care  in  public  homes; consent of veteran or other eligible   persons. Any person eligible for veteran assistance may receive care  in   a public home with his consent.
NY Soc Serv L § 178 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 178 - Veteran Assistance Financing; State Reimbursement.

§  178.  Veteran  assistance  financing;  state  reimbursement.    All   provisions of this chapter or of any other law relating to the financing   of safety net assistance by counties, cities and towns, or reimbursement   by the state for safety net assistance expenditures  made  by  counties,   cities  and towns, shall apply with the same force and effect to veteran   assistance.
NY Soc Serv L § 193 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 193 - Public Homes.

§ 193. Public homes. 1. Each public welfare district may establish and   maintain  a  public home, which may include an infirmary for the care of   chronically sick patients in addition to  facilities  for  the  care  of   acutely ill patients, and may operate a farm in connection therewith, or   may  contract  with  another  public  welfare  district for the care and   maintenance of persons in need of institutional care who are  unable  to   pay  for  such  care.  If  facilities are available in a public home the   commissioner of public welfare may establish regulations authorizing the   admission and care therein of persons in need of institutional care  who   are  able  and  willing  to  pay,  in whole or in part for such care and   prescribing the conditions under which such admissions may  be  made.  A   person in need of institutional care who is unable to pay therefor shall   not  be  refused  care in the public home operated and maintained by the   public welfare district in which he resides or is  found,  when  persons   able to pay for their care are receiving care in such home.2. If the state commissioner of social welfare shall approve, a public   welfare  district  may  use  a  building or buildings formerly used as a   tuberculosis hospital or sanatorium, or as a part thereof, for a  public   home, a public home infirmary or an infirmary of a public home.
NY Soc Serv L § 194-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 194-A - Additional Power of Work Assignment Granted to Commissioner of Public Welfare of Monroe County.

§  194-a.  Additional power of work assignment granted to commissioner   of public welfare of Monroe county. When, pursuant to the provisions  of   subdivision  eight of section one hundred ninety-four of this title, the   commissioner of public welfare of Monroe county deems  it  advisable  to   assign work to an incarcerated individual, such work may be assigned and   performed in or about not only the public home, farm and garden but also   any  other property maintained under his supervision. The payment of any   reward pursuant to such subdivision eight shall not be deemed,  for  the   purposes  of  any law, to make the incarcerated individual receiving the   same an employee of the public home or of the county or city maintaining   such home or such other property  maintained  under  the  commissioner's   jurisdiction.
NY Soc Serv L § 195 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 195 - Medical Care.

§ 195. Medical care. 1. Each incarcerated individual shall be examined by  the attending physician or physicians as soon after admission to the public home as practicable.   2. A medical record shall be kept for each incarcerated individual, in which  shall  be  recorded  his  or  her  condition  on  admission,  the physician's  recommendation  of  the type of care to be given him or her and  any  medical  attention  given  to  the   incarcerated   individual subsequent to the examination on admission.   3.  The  physician  shall  be  responsible  for the medical care given incarcerated individuals who are ill, and shall give such orders  as  he considers  necessary  for  their  welfare. He or she shall (a) visit the public home at regular intervals and shall re-examine  the  incarcerated individuals  periodically,  as  the need of the incarcerated individuals may require,  (b) also visit the public home, on call of the superintendent, in case of the illness of any incarcerated individual,  (c) make such recommendations to the commissioner of public welfare as to changes,  improvements  and  additional  equipment  as  he  may  deem necessary  for the adequate care of the incarcerated individuals of such home.   4. Any physician who accepts an appointment as attending physician  to the  incarcerated  individuals  of  a  public home shall be obligated to carry out the provisions of this section. The commissioner  may  dismiss an attending physician who fails to fulfill such duties.
NY Soc Serv L § 196 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 196 - Report on Needs of Incarcerated Individuals of Public Homes.

§ 196. Report on needs of incarcerated individuals of public homes. It   shall be the duty of the commissioner of public welfare to report to the   legislative body as to the needs of the home and to make recommendations   of  any  changes,  improvements, additional equipment or other provision   which he or she may consider necessary to provide adequate care for  the   incarcerated individuals.
NY Soc Serv L § 197 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 197 - Incarcerated Individuals' Right of Appeal.

§  197.  Incarcerated  individuals'  right of appeal. Any incarcerated   individual of a public home, who considers himself or herself to have  a   cause  for complaint against any officer or employee of the public home,   shall have the right of appeal to the superintendent of the public home,   and to the commissioner of public welfare.
NY Soc Serv L § 198 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 198 - Control of Incarcerated Individuals.

§  198.  Control  of  incarcerated  individuals.  If  any incarcerated   individual shall wilfully disobey the rules of the home in such a way as   to be detrimental to the welfare of the other incarcerated  individuals,   the  commissioner  may  institute  a  proceeding in a court of competent   jurisdiction  against  such  incarcerated  individual   for   disorderly   conduct.
NY Soc Serv L § 199 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 199 - Power of Commissioner of Public Welfare to Detain Certain Incarcerated Individuals.

§  199.  Power  of  commissioner  of  public welfare to detain certain   incarcerated individuals. The commissioner of public welfare shall  have   power to detain in the public home, pending a vacancy for such person in   a  state  institution,  a  person  over  the age of sixteen who has been   certified as mentally retarded  or  epileptic  in  accordance  with  the   provisions  of  the  mental  hygiene law and for whom an application for   admission  to  a  state  institution  has  been   made.   Whenever   the   commissioner  shall  so  detain an incarcerated individual in the public   home he or she shall at once  notify  the  state  department  of  mental   hygiene.
NY Soc Serv L § 200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 200 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner of Public Welfare in Relation to the Public Farm.

§  200.  Powers  and  duties  of the commissioner of public welfare in   relation to the public farm. If the legislative body of a public welfare   district shall authorize the maintenance of a public farm in  connection   with the public home, the commissioner of public welfare shall1. be responsible for the management of the public farm,2.  utilize  the  labor of such of the incarcerated individuals of the   public home as may in the judgment of the attending physician be able to   work on the farm,3. make all purchases necessary for the operation of the  public  farm   unless such powers have been vested in some other purchasing agency,4.  sell  such  surplus produce and proceeds of such farm and labor as   may remain after the needs of the incarcerated individuals of the public   home have been supplied,5. employ, within  the  limits  of  the  appropriation  made  for  the   purpose,  such  laborers  as  may be necessary for the management of the   farm,6. keep a record of the work of the farm, including the labor  of  the   incarcerated  individuals  of  the  public  home  on the farm and of the   produce and proceeds of the farm supplied for  the  use  of  the  public   home, with the estimated value of such produce and proceeds,7.  when  an  appropriation  has been made for the purpose, appoint an   officer who shall be responsible for exercising such of the  powers  and   carrying  out such of the duties above mentioned as the commissioner may   direct,8. make an annual report to the legislative  body  in  regard  to  the   receipts  and  disbursements  of  the  public  farm  and the cost of its   operation.
NY Soc Serv L § 202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 5 - Public Institutional Care for Adults 202 - Construction and Administration of Public Homes.

§ 202. Construction and administration of public homes. 1. No building   to be used as a public home shall be constructed, or remodeled, in whole   or  in  part,  except  on  plans  and designs approved in writing by the   department provided that such approval in writing in  the  city  of  New   York  shall  be  by  the  mayor  of said city, and except that plans and   designs for the construction of or remodeling in whole or in part  of  a   public  home  infirmary,  or  the  infirmary  of a public home, shall be   approved in accordance with the provisions of  article  twenty-eight  of   the public health law.2.  It  shall be the duty of the department to send to the legislative   body and the public welfare official  in  charge  of  a  public  home  a   written  statement as to any abuses, defects or evils, which it may find   in  the  public  home  or  in  the  administration  thereof,  and   such   legislative body and official shall take action to remedy such condition   in accordance with such advice.
NY Soc Serv L § 207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 6 - Additional State Payments for Eligible Aged, Blind and Disabled Persons 207 - Declaration of Purpose.

§  207.  Declaration  of  purpose. The legislature hereby declares its   commitment to meeting the income  needs  of  aged,  blind  and  disabled   persons who are receiving basic supplemental security income benefits or   whose  income  and  resources, though above the standard of need for the   supplemental security income program, is not sufficient  to  meet  those   needs.  In  order  to  maintain  assistance  for such persons at a level   consistent with their needs, and in  order  to  fully  employ  available   federal  aid  for  the  benefit  of such persons residing in this state,   there is hereby established a state-wide  program  of  additional  state   payments for aged, blind and disabled persons.
NY Soc Serv L § 212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 6 - Additional State Payments for Eligible Aged, Blind and Disabled Persons 212 - Responsibility; Financing.

§  212.  Responsibility;  financing.  1.  If  there is no agreement in effect for federal administration of additional state payments  pursuant to  section  two  hundred  eleven of this title, the commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance shall be  responsible  for providing  such  payments to eligible residents of the state as required by this title and shall:  (a) accept and process applications for additional state  payments  to be made pursuant to this title;  (b)  determine  eligibility  for  and  the  amount of additional state payments in accordance with this title;  (c) redetermine eligibility periodically as the  office  may  require; provided,  however,  that  any  such  redeterminations  shall be no more frequent than provided by  the  applicable  regulations  of  the  United States social security administration; and  (d)  take  all other actions necessary to effectuate the provisions of this title.   2. If there is in effect an agreement for the  federal  administration of  additional state payments, the state shall be responsible for paying to the secretary an amount equal to: (a) the amount expended  under  the state's  programs of old age assistance, assistance to the blind and aid to the disabled during the calendar year, nineteen hundred  seventy-two, less   any   federal   funds   properly  received  on  account  of  such expenditures; plus (b) any amounts in addition to such  sum  as  may  be required by the agreement.
NY Soc Serv L § 250 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 7 - Services for the Aged, Blind or Disabled 250 - Declaration of Object; Definitions.

§  250.  Declaration of object; definitions. 1. In order for the state   to receive federal aid under title six of the  federal  social  security   act,  rehabilitation and other services shall be furnished in accordance   with the provisions  of  this  title  to  help  needy  persons  who  are   sixty-five  years  of age or older, are blind, or are disabled to attain   or retain capability for self-support or  self-care  or  to  prevent  or   reduce dependency.2.  When  used  in this title, services shall be construed to include,   but not be limited to,  protective  services,  health-related  services,   self-support   services   for   the   handicapped,  homemaker  services,   housekeeping  services,  special  services  for   the   blind,   housing   improvement   and   assistance  services,  home  delivered  meals,  home   management and other functional educational services, services to adults   requiring care in suitable substitute homes,  family  planning  services   and  such  other services as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes   of this title.
NY Soc Serv L § 251 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 7 - Services for the Aged, Blind or Disabled 251 - Federal Aid; State Plan.

§  251.  Federal  aid;  state plan. 1. The department shall submit the   plan required by title six of the federal social  security  act  to  the   department  of  health,  education  and welfare for approval pursuant to   such title and act, so that the state may receive federal aid under such   title.   The department shall act for  the  state  in  any  negotiations   relative  to  the  submission and approval of such plan and may make any   arrangement not inconsistent with law  which  may  be  required  by  the   federal  social  security  act to obtain and retain such approval and to   secure for the state the benefits of the provisions of such  title.  The   department  shall make such regulations not inconsistent with law as may   be necessary to make such plan conform to the provisions of  such  title   and  any  rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The department   shall make reports to such federal department in  the  form  and  nature   required  by it and in all respects comply with any request or direction   of such  federal  department  which  may  be  necessary  to  assure  the   correctness and verification of such reports.2. The department of taxation and finance shall accept and receive any   and  all  grants  of  money  awarded to the state under title six of the   social security act for federal aid for services for the aged, blind  or   disabled. All monies 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 services for the aged, blind or disabled and the   administration thereof under the provisions of this  title.  Such  money   shall  be  paid  from  such  fund  or  funds on audit and warrant of the   comptroller on vouchers of or certification by the commissioner.
NY Soc Serv L § 252 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 7 - Services for the Aged, Blind or Disabled 252 - Responsibility.

§  252.  Responsibility.  1.  Except as provided in subdivision two of this section or any  other  provisions  of  this  chapter,  each  social services  district  shall  furnish  services  to  the  persons  eligible therefor who reside in its territory, subject to  reimbursement  by  the state  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  and to supervision by the department.   2. (a) If the state's plan makes provision for services to be provided to  eligible  persons  cared  for  in  certain  state  institutions   or facilities,  the  department,  or  other appropriate state department or agency acting pursuant  to  an  agreement  with  the  department,  shall furnish services to such persons.  (b)  There  shall  be such cooperative arrangements, between and among the department, and the state departments  of  health,  mental  hygiene, education  and other appropriate state departments and agencies as shall be necessary to assure that there will be compliance  with  federal  law and regulation and that the objectives of this title will be effectively accomplished.  (c)  Services  for  the  aged,  blind  or  disabled  persons  shall be administered uniformly  throughout  the  state,  except  when  otherwise required  or  permitted  by  the department which shall first obtain the approval of the secretary of health, education and welfare.
NY Soc Serv L § 253 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 7 - Services for the Aged, Blind or Disabled 253 - Application for Services.

§  253.  Application for services. 1. A person requesting services for   the aged, blind or disabled may make his application therefor in  person   or  through another in his behalf to the social services official of the   county or city in which the applicant resides or is found.2. Applications by or on behalf of persons under care in  institutions   or  facilities  operated by the state shall be made to the department or   its agent, except as otherwise permitted or required by  regulations  of   the department.