Title SOS, Social Services

§ 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, c…

§ 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,…

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

§ 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…

§ 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 co…

§ 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 pr…

§ 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 h…

§ 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 ju…

§ 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 ce…

§ 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. 2. The department shall, as provided in this chapter: (a) administer all the forms of public welfare work for which the state is responsible; (b) supervise all social services work, as the same may be administered by any local unit of g…

§ 20-a. Local personnel; limitations on department's power. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter, the board, the commissioner or the department, acting singly or in unison, shall not have the power, directly or indirectly to prescribe the number of persons …

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

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

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

§ 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 shall 1. be…

§ 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…

§ 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 su…

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

§ 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 implement a welfare management system which shall be capable of receiving, maintaining and processing information relating to persons who have applied for or been determined eligible for benefits under any progr…

§ 21-a. Electronic benefit transfer system. Any electronic benefit transfer system shall be implemented by the department on a statewide basis and shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this section. For purposes of such electronic benefit transfer system, the term …

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

§ 211. Agreements for federal administration. 1. The department is hereby authorized, on behalf of the state, to enter into an agreement with the secretary of the federal department of health, education and welfare whereby the secretary agrees to administer the state's program o…

§ 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 pr…

§ 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 provide information obtained from the wage reporting system as operated by the state department of taxation and finance: (a) to social services districts: (i) with respect to applicants for and recipients of public …

§ 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 sixt…

§ 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 t…

§ 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 ac…

§ 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. Appl…

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

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

§ 256. Investigation of applications. Whenever an application for services is made, an investigation and record shall be promptly made of the circumstances of the applicant in accordance with regulations of the department. The object of such investigation shall be to ascertain t…

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

§ 258. Quarterly estimates; state reimbursement. 1. In accordance with regulations of the department, each social services district shall submit to the department quarterly estimates of its anticipated expenditures for services for the aged, blind or disabled. 2. Expenditures ma…

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

§ 28. Gifts and bequests. The department may receive and retain any money or other personal property given or bequeathed to the department or a division or bureau thereof and shall expend the same in accordance with the general powers and duties of the department for the purpose…

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

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

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

§ 301. Responsibility. 1. Subject to reimbursement by the state, in accordance with the provisions of this title and regulations of the department, each social services district shall furnish emergency assistance to aged, blind and disabled persons eligible therefor who reside i…

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

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

§ 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 assistance under this title shall make his application therefor in person or through another on his behalf, on such form and in such manner as the department may by regulation require, to the social services offi…

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

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

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

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