§ 456. State reimbursement and payments.
1.Payments made by social\nservices officials pursuant to the provisions of this title shall, if\napproved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state, in\naccordance with the regulations of the department as follows: there\nshall be paid to each social services district (a) the amount of federal\nfunds, if any, properly received or to be received on account of such\npayments; and (b) except as set forth below, seventy-five per centum of\nsuch payments after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly\nreceived or to be received on account thereof; provided, however, that\nwhen payments under section four hundred fifty-three of this title are\nmade to a person or persons residing in a social services district whose\nboard
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§ 456. State reimbursement and payments. 1. Payments made by social\nservices officials pursuant to the provisions of this title shall, if\napproved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state, in\naccordance with the regulations of the department as follows: there\nshall be paid to each social services district (a) the amount of federal\nfunds, if any, properly received or to be received on account of such\npayments; and (b) except as set forth below, seventy-five per centum of\nsuch payments after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly\nreceived or to be received on account thereof; provided, however, that\nwhen payments under section four hundred fifty-three of this title are\nmade to a person or persons residing in a social services district whose\nboard rate exceeds that of the district making such payments, that\nportion of the payments which exceeds the board rate of the district\nmaking the payments shall be subject to reimbursement by the state in\nthe amount of one hundred per centum thereof, or (c) one hundred per\ncentum of such payments after first deducting therefrom any federal\nfunds properly to be received on account of such payments, for children\nplaced out for adoption or being adopted after being placed out for\nadoption by an Indian tribe as referenced in subdivision seven of\nsection four hundred fifty-one of this title.\n 2. (a) Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in such form and\nmanner and at such times and for such periods as the department shall\ndetermine.\n (b) When certified by the department, state reimbursement shall be\npaid from the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the\ncomptroller out of funds made available therefor.\n 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for a\nchild who has been placed for adoption by a voluntary authorized agency\nwith guardianship and custody or care and custody of such child, as\nreferenced in subdivision one of section four hundred fifty-one of this\ntitle, payments available under section four hundred fifty-three, four\nhundred fifty-three-a or four hundred fifty-four of this title shall be\nmade by the state pursuant to a written agreement between an official of\nthe office of children and family services and the persons who applied\nfor such payments prior to adoption. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law to the contrary, the office of children and family services shall\nnot enter into written agreements for, or issue, any such payments in\ninstances where the person or persons applying for such payments reside\noutside of the state of New York at the time the application for such\npayments is made.\n