(b) When certified by the department, state reimbursement shall be
paid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the
comptroller out of funds made available therefor.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for a
child who has been placed for adoption by a voluntary authorized agency
with guardianship and custody or care and custody of such child, as
referenced in subdivision one of section four hundred fifty-one of this
title, payments available under section four hundred fifty-three, four
hundred fifty-three-a or four hundred fifty-four of this title shall be
made by the state pursuant to a written agreement between an official of
the office of children and family services and the persons who applied
for such payments prior to adoption. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, the office of children and family services shall
not enter into written agreements for, or issue, any such payments in
instances where the person or persons applying for such payments reside
outside of the state of New York at the time the application for such
payments is made.
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