N.Y. Social Services Law § 134: Supervision

§ 134. Supervision. The social service officials responsible under

section one hundred thirty-two for investigating any application for

public assistance and care, shall maintain close contact with persons

granted public assistance and care. Such persons shall be visited as

frequently as is provided by the regulations of the department or

required by the circumstances of the case, in order that any treatment

or service tending to restore such persons to a condition of

self-support and to relieve their distress may be rendered and in order

that assistance or care may be given only in such amount and as long as

necessary. Persons receiving care in an institution shall be visited as

often as may be necessary in order that any service or care needed by

them shall be provided and in order that institutional care shall be

given only as long as it is advantageous for the person's welfare. The

circumstances of a person receiving continued care shall be

reinvestigated as frequently as the regulations of the department may

require.