N.Y. SOS Law § 364-E

* § 364-e. Aid to families with dependent children homemaker/home\nhealth aide demonstration projects. 1. Notwithstanding sections three\nhundred sixty-six and three hundred sixty-eight-a of this chapter, the\ndepartment shall have the authority to enter into agreements with social\nservices districts for the purpose of conducting the demonstration\nproject authorized by section nine hundred sixty-six of the omnibus\nreconciliation act of nineteen hundred eighty, designed to train and\nemploy persons eligible for and receiving aid to families with dependent\nchildren benefits as homemakers or home health aides. Such persons shall\nprovide authorized services to elderly or disabled individuals, or other\nindividuals in need of services, to whom such services are not otherwise\nreasonably and actually available or provided, and who would, without\nthe availability of such services, be reasonably anticipated to require\ninstitutional care.\n 2. Participants in the demonstration project shall be persons who are\neligible participants as defined in subdivision (b) of section nine\nhundred sixty-six of P.L. 96-499.\n 3. For purposes of this section, authorized services include part-time\nor intermittent:\n (a) personal care, such as bathing, grooming and toilet care;\n (b) assisting patients having limited mobility;\n (c) feeding and diet assistance;\n (d) home management, housekeeping and shopping;\n (e) health-oriented recordkeeping; and\n (f) simple procedures for identifying potential health problems.\n 4. For the first year during which a person is employed by a project\nauthorized by this section, such person shall, notwithstanding section\nthree hundred sixty-six of this chapter, retain any eligibility for\nmedical assistance under a state plan approved under Title XIX of the\nSocial Security Act, which such person had at the time he/she entered\nthe project.\n 5. Expenditures made for services provided by persons participating in\nthis demonstration project shall be considered medical assistance\nexpenditures and shall be reimbursed in accordance with section three\nhundred sixty-eight-a of this chapter.\n 6. This section shall be effective if, and as long as, federal\nfinancial participation is available therefor.\n * NB Expired June 30, 1986\n