Title SOS, Social Services

§ 178. Veteran assistance financing; state reimbursement. All\nprovisions of this chapter or of any other law relating to the financing\nof safety net assistance by counties, cities and towns, or reimbursement\nby the state for safety net assistance expenditures made by counties…

§ 193. Public homes. 1. Each public welfare district may establish and\nmaintain a public home, which may include an infirmary for the care of\nchronically sick patients in addition to facilities for the care of\nacutely ill patients, and may operate a farm in connection therewi…

§ 194. Powers and duties of commissioners of public welfare in\nrelation to public homes. Commissioners of public welfare shall\n 1. be responsible for the management of the home and for the care of\nits incarcerated individuals,\n 2. have control of the admission and discharge …

§ 194-a. Additional power of work assignment granted to commissioner\nof public welfare of Monroe county. When, pursuant to the provisions of\nsubdivision eight of section one hundred ninety-four of this title, the\ncommissioner of public welfare of Monroe county deems it advisa…

§ 195. Medical care. 1. Each incarcerated individual shall be examined\nby the attending physician or physicians as soon after admission to the\npublic home as practicable.\n 2. A medical record shall be kept for each incarcerated individual, in\nwhich shall be recorded his or h…

§ 196. Report on needs of incarcerated individuals of public homes. It\nshall be the duty of the commissioner of public welfare to report to the\nlegislative body as to the needs of the home and to make recommendations\nof any changes, improvements, additional equipment or other…

§ 197. Incarcerated individuals' right of appeal. Any incarcerated\nindividual of a public home, who considers himself or herself to have a\ncause for complaint against any officer or employee of the public home,\nshall have the right of appeal to the superintendent of the publi…

§ 198. Control of incarcerated individuals. If any incarcerated\nindividual shall wilfully disobey the rules of the home in such a way as\nto be detrimental to the welfare of the other incarcerated individuals,\nthe commissioner may institute a proceeding in a court of competent…

§ 199. Power of commissioner of public welfare to detain certain\nincarcerated individuals. The commissioner of public welfare shall have\npower to detain in the public home, pending a vacancy for such person in\na state institution, a person over the age of sixteen who has been…

§ 2. Definitions. When used in this chapter unless otherwise expressly\nstated or unless the context or subject matter requires a different\ninterpretation.\n 1. Department means the state department of social services, provided\nhowever that for purposes of titles eleven, eleve…

§ 20. Powers and duties of the department.\n 2. The department shall, as provided in this chapter:\n (a) administer all the forms of public welfare work for which the\nstate is responsible;\n (b) supervise all social services work, as the same may be\nadministered by any local u…

§ 20-a. Local personnel; limitations on department's power.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter, the board,\nthe commissioner or the department, acting singly or in unison, shall\nnot have the power, directly or indirectly to prescribe the number of\npers…

§ 20-b. Plan for in-home care of senior citizens. On or before the\nfirst day of April, nineteen hundred eighty-two the New York state\ncouncil for home care services, in consultation with the commissioner of\nsocial services and the office for the aging, shall prepare a plan\nd…

§ 20-c. Privatization. 1. (a) Except as otherwise specified in the\nappropriation for system support and information services program in the\noffice of temporary disability assistance within the department of\nfamily assistance, or as authorized by subdivision two-a of section\n…

§ 20-d. Training of direct care workers in adverse childhood\nexperiences. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Direct-care employees" means the employees of domestic violence\nshelters, safe dwellings, and domestic violence programs identified by\nthe certifying organization to r…

§ 200. Powers and duties of the commissioner of public welfare in\nrelation to the public farm. If the legislative body of a public welfare\ndistrict shall authorize the maintenance of a public farm in connection\nwith the public home, the commissioner of public welfare shall\n …

§ 202. Construction and administration of public homes. 1. No building\nto be used as a public home shall be constructed, or remodeled, in whole\nor in part, except on plans and designs approved in writing by the\ndepartment provided that such approval in writing in the city of …

§ 207. Declaration of purpose. The legislature hereby declares its\ncommitment to meeting the income needs of aged, blind and disabled\npersons who are receiving basic supplemental security income benefits or\nwhose income and resources, though above the standard of need for the…

§ 208. Definitions. When used in this title:\n 1. "Supplemental security income benefits" shall mean payments made by\nthe secretary of the federal department of health, education and welfare\nto aged, blind and disabled persons pursuant to title sixteen of the\nfederal social s…

§ 209. Eligibility. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no\nperson shall be eligible for any payment pursuant to this title who is\nineligible for supplemental security income for any reason other than\nhaving countable income exceeding the federal benefit rate for s…

§ 21. Welfare management system. 1. The department shall design and\nimplement a welfare management system which shall be capable of\nreceiving, maintaining and processing information relating to persons\nwho have applied for or been determined eligible for benefits under any\np…

§ 21-a. Electronic benefit transfer system. Any electronic benefit\ntransfer system shall be implemented by the department on a statewide\nbasis and shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection. For purposes of such electronic benefit transfer system, the\nt…

§ 210. Mandatory minimum state supplementation. 1. Any inconsistent\nprovisions of this title or any other law notwithstanding, but subject\nto the provisions of subdivisions two and three of this section, an\nindividual who is deemed to have met the eligibility criteria for\nad…

§ 211. Agreements for federal administration. 1. The department is\nhereby authorized, on behalf of the state, to enter into an agreement\nwith the secretary of the federal department of health, education and\nwelfare whereby the secretary agrees to administer the state's progra…

§ 212. Responsibility; financing. 1. If there is no agreement in\neffect for federal administration of additional state payments pursuant\nto section two hundred eleven of this title, the commissioner of the\noffice of temporary and disability assistance shall be responsible for…

§ 22. Appeals and fair hearings; judicial review. 1. Any person\ndescribed in subdivision three of this section, or any individual\nauthorized to act on behalf of any such person, may appeal to the\ndepartment from decisions of social services officials or failures to\nmake deci…

§ 23. Wage reporting system. 1. The department is authorized to\nprovide information obtained from the wage reporting system as operated\nby the state department of taxation and finance:\n (a) to social services districts:\n (i) with respect to applicants for and recipients of p…

§ 250. Declaration of object; definitions. 1. In order for the state\nto receive federal aid under title six of the federal social security\nact, rehabilitation and other services shall be furnished in accordance\nwith the provisions of this title to help needy persons who are\n…

§ 251. Federal aid; state plan. 1. The department shall submit the\nplan required by title six of the federal social security act to the\ndepartment of health, education and welfare for approval pursuant to\nsuch title and act, so that the state may receive federal aid under suc…

§ 252. Responsibility. 1. Except as provided in subdivision two of\nthis section or any other provisions of this chapter, each social\nservices district shall furnish services to the persons eligible\ntherefor who reside in its territory, subject to reimbursement by the\nstate i…

§ 253. Application for services. 1. A person requesting services for\nthe aged, blind or disabled may make his application therefor in person\nor through another in his behalf to the social services official of the\ncounty or city in which the applicant resides or is found.\n 2.…

§ 254. Eligibility. Services for the aged, blind or disabled shall be\nprovided any aged, blind or disabled person who requires such services;\nwho is a resident of the state on the date of application and who is\nreceiving or is an applicant for benefits under the supplemental\…

§ 255. Character and adequacy of services. 1. It shall be the duty of\nsocial services officials, insofar as funds are available for that\npurpose, to provide adequately for services for the aged, blind or\ndisabled in accordance with the provisions of this title and other\nappl…

§ 256. Investigation of applications. Whenever an application for\nservices is made, an investigation and record shall be promptly made of\nthe circumstances of the applicant in accordance with regulations of the\ndepartment. The object of such investigation shall be to ascertai…

§ 257. Supervision; regulations. The department shall: 1. supervise\nthe administration of services for the aged, blind or disabled by social\nservices officials;\n 2. Make regulations necessary for the carrying out of this title to\nthe end that services for the aged, blind or …

§ 258. Quarterly estimates; state reimbursement. 1. In accordance with\nregulations of the department, each social services district shall\nsubmit to the department quarterly estimates of its anticipated\nexpenditures for services for the aged, blind or disabled.\n 2. Expenditur…

§ 259. Application of other provisions. 1. Provisions of this chapter\nand other laws relating to public assistance and care not inconsistent\nwith this title shall be applied in carrying out the provisions of this\ntitle.\n 2. The provisions of any city charter or other local o…

§ 28. Gifts and bequests. The department may receive and retain any\nmoney or other personal property given or bequeathed to the department\nor a division or bureau thereof and shall expend the same in accordance\nwith the general powers and duties of the department for the purp…

§ 29. Federal agency. The department, with the approval of the\ngovernor, may accept a designation from, and act as, the agent of the\nfederal security agency or other duly authorized federal agency in the\nadministration of relief and related activities, activities affecting\nt…

§ 30. Continuation of salaries of local and state welfare employees\nreceiving training for the better performance of their duties. Subject\nto the approval of the department, the board of supervisors of a county\nand the appropriating body of a city or town may include in its\n…

§ 300. Declaration of purpose; definitions. 1. Emergency assistance\nfor aged, blind and disabled persons with emergency needs which, if not\nmet, would endanger the health, safety and welfare of such persons, is\nhereby declared to be a matter of state concern and a necessity i…

§ 301. Responsibility. 1. Subject to reimbursement by the state, in\naccordance with the provisions of this title and regulations of the\ndepartment, each social services district shall furnish emergency\nassistance to aged, blind and disabled persons eligible therefor who\nresi…

§ 302. Eligibility. Emergency assistance shall be granted to an aged,\nblind or disabled person who applies for such assistance and who:\n (a) Has needs, as specified in section three hundred three of this\nchapter and the regulations of the department, that cannot be met by the…

§ 303. Character and adequacy. 1. It shall be the duty of the social\nservices official to provide emergency assistance, in accordance with\nregulations of the department, to an eligible aged, blind or disabled\nperson who has one or more of the following needs:\n (a) Replacemen…

§ 303-a. Grants of assistance for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service\ndogs; certain cases. 1. It shall be the duty of the social services\nofficial to provide assistance, in accordance with regulations of the\ndepartment, to a person with a disability using a guide dog, hearin…

§ 304. Application; verification. 1. A person requesting emergency\nassistance under this title shall make his application therefor in\nperson or through another on his behalf, on such form and in such manner\nas the department may by regulation require, to the social services\n…

§ 305. Appeals and hearings. If an application for assistance under\nthis title is not promptly acted upon or is denied or the assistance\ngranted is deemed inadequate by the applicant or recipient, he may\nappeal to the department in accordance with the provisions of section\nt…

§ 306. Records and reports. Each social services official shall keep\nsuch records and make such reports to the department at such times and\nin such manner as may be required by department regulations.\n

§ 307. Regulations. The department shall promulgate such regulations\nas are deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this title.\n

§ 308. Services. An application for emergency assistance under this\ntitle shall be deemed an application for services pursuant to section\ntwo hundred fifty-three of this chapter, and services shall be provided\naccording to the person's eligibility therefor in accordance with …