ยง 138-a. Responsibility of the department for recipients in family
care. 1. Any inconsistent provision of this chapter or other law
notwithstanding, the department shall be responsible for furnishing
public assistance and care to mentally disabled persons residing in
family care homes licensed by the office of mental health or the office
for people with developmental disabilities who are admitted to such
facilities in accordance with regulations of the office which licenses
the facility. However, the department may, at its option, discharge such
responsibility, in whole or in part, through social services districts
designated to act as agents of the department. While so designated, a
social services district shall act as agent of the department and shall
be entitled to reimbursement as provided in section one hundred
fifty-three of this article.
2. The department shall possess and may exercise like powers and
perform like duties in respect to the assistance and care of persons in
family care as social services officials exercise and perform in
relation to persons in their respective jurisdictions.
Structure New York Laws
Article 5 - Assistance and Care
131 - Assistance, Care and Services to Be Given.
131-A - Monthly Grants and Allowances of Public Assistance.
131-AA - Monthly Statistical Reports.
131-AAA - Availability of Adverse Childhood Experiences Services.
131-BB - Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement Program.
131-C - Inclusion of Parents and Siblings of a Minor in the Public Assistance Household.
131-D - Substance Abuse Rehabilitative and Preventive Services.
131-E - Family Planning Services.
131-F - Retroactive Social Security Benefit Increases.
131-G - Authority to Accept Public and Private Gifts.
131-H - Authority to Operate Family Homes for Adults.
131-I - Social Services Districts; Agreements.
131-I*2 - Family Loan Program.
131-J - Certain Utility Deposits.
131-K - Undocumented Noncitizens.
131-L - Exclusion of Agent Orange Benefits.
131-M - Information on Resource Referral Services.
131-N - Exemption of Income and Resources.
131-O - Personal Allowances Accounts.
131-P - Group Health Insurance Benefits; Condition of Eligibility.
131-Q - Electronic Payment File Transfer System Pilot Project.
131-R - Liability for Reimbursement of Public Assistance Benefits.
131-U - Domestic Violence Services.
131-V - Temporary Emergency Shelter.
131-W - Limitations in the Payment of Rent Arrears.
131-X - Reverse Mortgage Loans.
131-Z - Child Assistance Program.
131-ZZ - Child Poverty Reduction.
132 - Investigation of Applications.
132-A - Children Born Out of Wedlock; Special Provisions.
133 - Temporary Preinvestigation Emergency Needs Assistance or Care.
133-A - Contracts for Distribution of Public Assistance Grants.
134-A - Conduct of Investigation.
134-B - Front End Detection System.
134-C - Requirement to Publicly Post Information.
135 - Cooperation of Public Welfare Officials.
136 - Protection of Public Welfare Records.
136-A - Information From State Tax Commission and the Comptroller.
137 - Exemption From Levy and Execution.
138-A - Responsibility of the Department for Recipients in Family Care.
139-A - Special Provisions to Avoid Abuse of Assistance and Care.
142 - Exclusiveness of Eligibility Requirements.
143-B - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Checks.
143-C - Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Security Deposits.
144-A - Information to Be Given to Officials of the Department and of Social Services Districts.
145-B - False Statements; Actions for Treble Damages.
146 - Penalty for the Sale or Exchange of Assistance Supplies.
148 - Penalty for Unlawfully Bringing a Needy Person Into a Public Welfare District.
149 - Penalty for Bringing a Needy Person Into the State.
150 - Penalty for Neglect to Report or for Making False Report.
152-A - Burial Reserves for Certain Recipients of Public Assistance or Care From Assigned Assets.
152-B - Surplus After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care; Unclaimed Funds.