N.Y. SOS Law § 211

§ 211. Agreements for federal administration. 1. The department is\nhereby authorized, on behalf of the state, to enter into an agreement\nwith the secretary of the federal department of health, education and\nwelfare whereby the secretary agrees to administer the state's program\nof additional state payments, including determining the eligibility of\nindividuals and couples for such payments.\n 2. Any such agreement may authorize the secretary to make additional\nstate payments on behalf of the state to persons found eligible for such\npayments pursuant to the provisions of this title, in amounts authorized\nby the provisions of this title, and shall contain conditions of\neligibility for such additional state payments, including the\nrequirement of current residence and amounts of earned or unearned\nincome to be disregarded in determining eligibility, in accordance with\nthe provisions of this title, regulations of the department and federal\nlaw and regulations.\n 3. Any such agreement shall provide that the state will pay to the\nsecretary: (a) the amount the secretary expends for additional state\npayments without regard to the secretary's cost of administering such\npayments, which amount shall not exceed the amount of expenditures made\nby the state and by social services districts for aid to aged, blind and\ndisabled persons during the calendar year nineteen hundred seventy-two,\nless any federal funds properly received on account thereof; and (b) the\namount the secretary expends for additional state payments for any\nindividual which are in excess of the difference between the adjusted\npayment level under the state's program of old age assistance,\nassistance to the blind or aid to the disabled in January, nineteen\nhundred seventy-two and the amount of such individual's supplemental\nsecurity income benefit. For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted\npayment level" shall mean the amount of the cash grant under the\nappropriate state program of old age assistance, assistance to the\nblind, aid to the disabled or the combined program of aid to aged, blind\nand disabled persons, to individuals receiving grants under any such\nprogram, who had no other income, for the month of January, nineteen\nhundred seventy-two, plus an amount not greater than the bonus value of\nfood stamps allotted to such individuals in such month, so long as\nfederal law and regulations permit the inclusion of such amount.\n 4. The department is authorized on behalf of the state, with the\napproval of the director of the budget, to agree to modification of the\nagreement, or to terminate the agreement, if it is fiscally advantageous\nto the state to so act. Any modification of the agreement which is\ncontrary to the provisions of this title shall be effective only until\nthe first day of July of the year next succeeding the year in which such\nmodification is to take effect, unless the substance of such\nmodification is enacted into law prior to such date. For the purposes\nof section one hundred one-a of the executive law, any such modification\nor termination of the agreement shall be considered the adoption of a\nrule, as defined in such section.\n 5. The department is authorized, on behalf of the state, to enter into\nan agreement with the secretary of the federal department of health and\nhuman services for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement for safety net\nassistance or any other payments made from state or local funds\nfurnished for basic needs for any month to or on behalf of persons who\nsubsequently are determined eligible to receive supplemental security\nincome payments for such month
to enter into\nan agreement with the secretary of the federal department of health and\nhuman services for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement for safety net\nassistance or any other payments made from state or local funds\nfurnished for basic needs for any month to or on behalf of persons who\nsubsequently are determined eligible to receive supplemental security\nincome payments for such month. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,\nthe department is authorized to condition eligibility for any program\nproviding such payments upon the individual's execution of a written\nauthorization allowing the secretary of the federal department of health\nand human services to pay to the social services district the amount of\nsupplemental security income due at the time the individual becomes\neligible.\n