456 - State reimbursement. - New York Statutes

§ 456. State reimbursement. 1. Payments made by social services officials pursuant to the provisions of this title shall, if approved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state, in accordance with the regulations of the department as follows: there shall be paid to each social services district (a) the amount of federal funds, if any, properly received or to be received on account of such payments; and (b) except as set forth below, seventy-five per centum of such payments after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly received or to be received on account thereof; provided, however, that when payments under section four hundred fifty-three of this title are made to a person or persons residing in a social services district whose board rate exceeds that of the district making such payments, that portion of the payments which exceeds the board rate of the district making the payments shall be subject to reimbursement by the state in the amount of one hundred per centum thereof, (c) one hundred per centum of such payments after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly to be received on account of such payments, for children placed out for adoption by a voluntary authorized agency or for children being adopted after being placed out for adoption by a voluntary authorized agency in accordance with the provisions of this title, or (d) one hundred per centum of such payments after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly to be received on account of such payments, for children placed out for adoption or being adopted after being placed out for adoption by an Indian tribe as referenced in subdivision seven of section four hundred fifty-one of this title. 2. (a) Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in such form and manner and at such times and for such periods as the department shall determine. (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.