N.Y. Executive Law § 532-f: Required certification for residential programs

§ 532-f. Required certification for residential programs.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any

residential program established for the purpose of serving runaway and

homeless youth that serves any youth under the age of eighteen or that

is contained in a municipality's approved comprehensive plan, must be

certified by the office of children and family services and must be

operated by an authorized agency as such term is defined in subdivision

ten of section three hundred seventy-one of the social services law.