N.Y. Social Services Law § 110-a: Special provisions for legal services to enforce support to recover costs of public assistance and care and to establish paternity

§ 110-a. Special provisions for legal services to enforce support to

recover costs of public assistance and care and to establish paternity.

1. Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, the appropriating

body of a social services district may authorize and make provision for

the social services commissioner of such district to obtain: (a)

necessary legal services on a fee for service basis or other appropriate

basis which the department may approve, to obtain support from spouses

and parents, to recover costs of public assistance and care granted, to

establish paternity, and to initiate and prosecute proceedings for the

commitment of the guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent

children to authorized agencies, pursuant to the provisions of this

chapter and the domestic relations law, the family court act and other

laws, and (b) necessary services of private investigators, licensed

pursuant to section seventy of the general business law, on a fee for

service or other appropriate basis which the department may approve, to

provide investigative assistance in efforts of the district to locate

absent parents and fathers of children born out of wedlock.

2. Expenditures made by a social services district for the costs of

such services shall be subject to reimbursement by the state pursuant to

the provisions of section one hundred fifty-three or other appropriate

provisions of this chapter.