Title SOS, Social Services

§ 462-b. Responsibility for enforcement. 1. The office of children and\nfamily services shall exercise the enforcement powers enumerated in\nsection four hundred sixty-d of this article which may apply to secure\nand non-secure detention facilities and to those office of childre…

§ 463. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following\ndefinitions shall apply:\n 1. "Community residential facility" means any facility operated or\nsubject to licensure by the state which provides a supervised residence\nfor mentally, emotionally, physically, or so…

§ 463-a. Statewide registry. 1. There shall be established in the\ndepartment a statewide registry on community residential facilities.\nThe department shall develop, in cooperation with the state agencies\nresponsible for the planning, administration, licensing, regulation and\…

§ 463-b. Powers and duties. The department shall have the following\npowers and duties:\n (a) to request and receive appropriate information as required by the\nprovisions of this title from state agencies responsible for the\nplanning, administration, licensing, regulation or o…

§ 464. Short title. This article may be cited as the "rural human\nservices networking program".\n

§ 464-a. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds,\ndetermines, and declares that:\n 1. In rural areas there is a necessity to promote different approaches\nto human services delivery if programs are to properly address diverse\ncommunity and individual needs and such …

§ 464-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. "Rural area" shall mean a rural area as defined in section two\nthousand nine hundred fifty-one of the public health law.\n 2. "Advisory committee" shall mean the committee created in accordance\nwith section four hund…

§ 464-c. Advisory committee created. 1. An advisory committee shall be\ncreated to assist the commissioner in carrying out the provisions of\nthis article. Such advisory committee shall consist of seven members,\nwith the commissioner or his or her designee serving as chairperso…

§ 464-d. Program established. 1. The commissioner is authorized to\nestablish within the department a rural human services networking\nprogram, for the purpose of assisting human services providers in rural\nareas who seek to participate in the program as hereinafter provided, t…

§ 464-e. Distribution of reports. The commissioner, in conjunction\nwith the advisory committee, shall prepare an interim report within\nthirty months after the effective date of this article, which shall\ninclude a preliminary review of each pilot project. The commissioner, in\…

§ 464-f. Funds not to be diminished. For the duration of the grant\nperiod, no local or regional human services provider shall lose any\ngrants or funds to which it may be entitled if it were to operate\nseparately, solely because it elects to participate in a pilot project\npro…

§ 465. Nutrition outreach and public education program; establishment.\nThe nutrition outreach and public education program is established\nwithin the office of temporary and disability assistance. Such program\nis established to ensure maximum participation by eligible persons …

§ 465-a. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "High risk areas" means any county or urban area where a\nsignificant percentage or number of those potentially eligible for food\nassistance programs are not participating in such programs.\n 2. "Food assistance programs" mean…

§ 465-b. Responsibilities of the commissioner. The commissioner shall\ndirectly or through contract administer a program of nutrition outreach\nthat shall include but not be limited to:\n 1. statewide coordination;\n 2. provision of information as to the availability of, eligibi…

§ 465-c. Grants to community organizations. The commissioner shall\nmake grants within the amount appropriated therefor to community-based\norganizations or consortia of community-based organizations in high risk\nareas for outreach activities. Such outreach activities shall inc…

§ 465-d. Criteria for high risk areas. In selecting those areas which\nwould be determined to be high risk and therefore eligible for a grant,\nthe commissioner may consider factors including, but not limited to:\n 1. fifty percent or more of those potentially eligible are not\n…

§ 466-a. Agreements. The department shall enter into memorandums of\nunderstanding with the office of mental health and the office for people\nwith developmental disabilities. The memorandums with the office for\npeople with developmental disabilities and the office of mental he…

§ 466-b. Care provided by authorized agencies. An authorized agency as\ndefined in section three hundred seventy-one of this chapter shall also\nbe authorized to provide temporary care for persons over age twenty-one\nwho meet the requirements of section 7.37-a or 13.37-a of the…

§ 472-e. Institution continued; powers. The body corporate known\nprior to August twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, by the\nname of the "Burnham Industrial Farm," the name of which was, on that\nday, changed to "Berkshire Industrial Farm," which corporation was\ncon…

§ 472-f. Objects of corporation. The objects of this corporation\nshall be to receive and take charge of such children as may legally come\ninto its custody and care, and to provide for their support, education\nand training.\n

§ 472-g. Board of directors. The property and concerns of the\ncorporation shall be managed by a board of not over twenty-five and not\nless than ten directors, who shall receive no compensation. The number\nof directors to be chosen within the maximum and minimum limit shall be…

§ 472-h. Election of directors. On the first day of May in each year\nat least four in number of the board of directors shall be elected by\nthe corporation in such manner and place as the by-laws shall direct,\nbut if no election is held on any such day the election may be held…

§ 472-i. Quorum to do business. Five members of the board shall be a\nquorum provided however in the case where the then current board of\ndirectors is more than fifteen members then six members of the board\nshall be a quorum, and the board may delegate its powers, during the\n…

§ 472-j. Custody of children, how acquired; notice to corporation.\nThe corporation shall be deemed to have acquired lawful care and custody\nof any child between the ages of six and eighteen years who shall have\nbeen surrendered to it by its parent or guardian; provided that s…

§ 472-k. Placement of children in care of corporation; effect of\nplacement. The family court may commit or place in said corporation,\nwith its consent, any child adjudicated to be a juvenile delinquent or a\nperson in need of supervision. Such commitment or placement in said\n…

§ 472-l. Transfer of certain children by agencies. The corporate\nauthorities of any agency now or hereafter having the lawful custody and\ncare of any child not less than six years of age, and not awaiting trial\nnor under sentence for a term of years for crime, may, with the c…

§ 472-m. Power of corporation as to children in its care; corporation\nto act as guardian. Said corporation shall have the custody and control\nof all children surrendered, committed, placed or transferred to it\nunder sections four hundred seventy-two-j to four hundred seventy-…

§ 472-n. Statements as to age. In all cases under this article where\nchildren shall come under the care, custody or control of said\ncorporation, the age of such children shall, so far as said corporation\nis concerned, be prima facie deemed and taken to be correct as stated in…

§ 472-o. Reports. The said corporation shall annually, on or before\nthe fifteenth day of January, report to the legislature the number and\nnames of the children in its custody or under its guardianship, their\nage, residence, occupation, state of education, together with the\n…

§ 472-p. Property exempt from taxation. So long as the property of\nsaid corporation shall be used for charitable purposes only, such\nproperty, both real and personal, shall be exempt from taxation.\n

§ 472-q. Powers and liabilities. Said corporation shall possess the\ngeneral powers and be subject to the general restrictions and\nliabilities of incorporated charitable institutions.\n

§ 473. Protective services. 1. In addition to services provided by\nsocial services officials pursuant to other provisions of this chapter,\nsuch officials shall provide protective services in accordance with\nfederal and state regulations to or for individuals without regard to…

§ 473-a. Short-term involuntary protective services orders. 1.\nDefinitions. When used in this section unless otherwise expressly stated\nor unless the context or subject matter requires a different\ninterpretation:\n (a) "endangered adult" means a person, age eighteen or over w…

§ 473-b. Reporting of endangered adults; persons in need of protective\nservices. Any person who in good faith believes that a person eighteen\nyears of age or older may be an endangered adult or in need of\nprotective or other services, pursuant to this article, and who, based\…

§ 473-c. An order to gain access to persons believed to be in need of\nprotective services for adults. 1. A social services official may apply\nto the supreme court or county court for an order to gain access to a\nperson to assess whether such person is in need of protective se…

§ 473-d. Community guardianship. 1. Definitions. When used in this\nsection unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or\nsubject matter requires a different interpretation:\n (a) "Community guardian program" means a not-for-profit corporation\nincorporated under t…

§ 473-e. Confidentiality of protective services for adults' records.\n1. Definitions. When used in this section unless otherwise expressly\nstated or unless the context or subject matter requires a different\ninterpretation:\n (a) "Subject of a report" means a person who is the …

§ 474. Reports to supervisors of appointments and committals to\ncharitable institutions. 1. Every judge, justice, superintendent or\npublic welfare official or other person who is authorized by law to make\nappointments or commitments to any state charitable institution, in\nwh…

§ 475. Reports by officers of certain institutions to clerks of\nsupervisors and cities. 1. The keeper, superintendent, secretary,\ndirector or other proper officer of a state charitable institution to\nwhich any person is committed or appointed, whose board, care,\ninstruction,…

§ 476. Verified accounts against counties, cities and towns. 1. The\nofficers mentioned in the last section shall annually, on or before the\nfifteenth day of October, present to the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors of the county, or of the county in which such town is\nsituat…

§ 477. Dutchess county. 1. All mentally ill, developmentally disabled,\nblind and deaf and mute persons, the expense of whose support and\nmaintenance now is, or, under the laws of the state of New York, may\nbecome a charge upon the city of Poughkeepsie, or the county of\nDutch…

§ 478. Investigation of complaints by boards of managers. Whenever\nthe managers, directors or trustees of any asylum, hospital or other\ncharitable institution, the managers, directors or trustees of which are\nappointed by the governor and senate, or by the legislature, shall …

§ 479. Designation of depository of funds. 1. It shall be the duty\nof the board of trustees or managers of each charitable or benevolent\ninstitution in this state, supported in whole or in part by moneys\nreceived from the state, or by any county, city or town thereof, to\ndes…

§ 48. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that there are a\nsignificant number of homeless and at-risk households living in\ntemporary and unstable conditions which would benefit from the provision\nof a comprehensive assistance program. The legislature further finds\nthat…

§ 480. Labor of children not to be hired out. It shall be unlawful for\nthe trustees or managers of any house of refuge, reformatory or other\ncorrectional institution, to contract, hire, or let by the day, week or\nmonth, or any longer period, the services or labor of any child…

§ 481-a. Legislative findings and purpose. For the past decade,\nsociety has witnessed broad changes in family structure. These changes\nhave created unique stresses on our children as well as on those who\ncare for them. Among the most dire results of family stresses is the\nin…

§ 481-b. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "William B. Hoyt Memorial children and family trust fund act".\n

§ 481-c. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Domestic violence" shall mean any crime or violation, as defined\nin the penal law, which has been alleged to have been committed by any\nfamily or household member against any member of the same family or\nhousehold.\n 2. "Fa…

§ 481-d. William B. Hoyt Memorial children and family trust fund\nadvisory board. 1. There is hereby established in the department, a\nWilliam B. Hoyt Memorial children and family trust fund advisory board.\nThe board shall meet regularly for the purpose of advising and making\n…

§ 481-e. William B. Hoyt Memorial children and family trust fund;\nawarding of grants. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to issue\ngrants from funds credited to the William B. Hoyt Memorial children and\nfamily trust fund as provided in section four hundred eighty-one-f o…