N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 18 § 621.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 36, September 4, 2024

Section 621.1 - Reimbursement for home relief

(a) Expenditures for recipients of home relief shall be claimed for reimbursement on schedules and formats prescribed by the department and in accordance with instructions of the department. No amounts for reimbursement shall be claimed as home relief if such amounts may be claimed in whole or in part as expenditures for which reimbursement is available with Federal financial participation or if such amounts should more appropriately be claimed as expenditures under any other program or activity administered by the department.

(b) Expenditures made by social services districts for home relief shall be subject to reimbursement by the State in accordance with the provisions of sections 153 and 157 of the Social Services Law if such expenditures reflect payments correctly made to eligible individuals whose standard of need exceeded any available income or resources which are not required to be disregarded by provisions of the Social Services Law or if such expenditures are permitted by other provisions of the Social Services Law, including expenditures for, but not limited to:

(1) tuition fees and other costs of suitable training in a trade or occupation furnished pursuant to Social Services Law to an eligible person to enable that person to become self-supporting or to increase that person's earning capacity;

(2) assistance provided in a family home or boarding home, operated in compliance with the regulations of the department;

(3) on and after January 1, 1974, assistance provided in facilities in which a person is receiving family care or residential care in accordance with the Social Services Law;

(4) assistance provided to persons receiving care in a facility supervised by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse;

(5) assistance provided to persons receiving care in a residential facility for the mentally disabled approved, licensed or operated by the Office of Mental Health or the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, other than those facilities designated as psychiatric centers or developmental centers by the Mental Hygiene Law;

(6) assistance provided to persons receiving care in a residential care center for adults operated by the Office of Mental Health;

(7) cost of care of needy adults over 18 years of age in private institutions, other than hospitals or equivalent medical institutions, and who are not eligible for supplemental security income (SSI) or aid to families with dependent children (AFDC), such cost of care to include maintenance and care furnished by the private institution on authorization of the responsible social services officials, and other necessary services authorized by the social services officials, and furnished to the recipient in the private institutions, but does not include cost of hospital or medical care of any such recipient, nor cost of burial of any such deceased recipient; or

(8) other expenditures designated as home relief by the Social Services Law or department regulation.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 18 § 621.1