§ 372-D — Adoption services; purchase by department

§ 372-d. Adoption services; purchase by department. 1. The\ndepartment may provide, through purchase of services from authorized\nagencies, adoption services for any child who has been referred to the\nstatewide adoption service pursuant to section three hundred\nseventy-two-c and who has not been placed for adoption within three\nmonths after the date of such referral.\n 2. As used in this section "adoption services" shall mean those\nservices and activities set forth in subdivision one of section three\nhundred seventy-two-b of this chapter.\n 3. In accordance with regulations of the department, expenditures\nmade by the department for the provision, through purchase, of adoption\nservices for a child pursuant to this section shall be subject to\nreimbursement to the state by the social services district charged with\nthe guardianship and custody of the child, as follows: fifty percent of\nthe amount expended for the provision of such adoption services after\nfirst deducting from such amount any federal funds properly received or\nto be received on account thereof.\n