N.Y. Social Services Law § 303-a: Grants of assistance for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs; certain cases

§ 303-a. Grants of assistance for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service

dogs; certain cases. 1. It shall be the duty of the social services

official to provide assistance, in accordance with regulations of the

department, to a person with a disability using a guide dog, hearing dog

or service dog who has been determined to be eligible for or is

receiving federal supplemental security income benefits and/or

additional state payments, for the purchase of food for such dog.

2. Such regulations of the department shall fix an amount of not less

than thirty-five dollars a month, and the method and frequency of

distribution and procedures for the determination and periodical

redetermination of eligibility for such assistance.

3. Such assistance shall not be granted to any person for whom earned

income has been exempted for such purpose pursuant to federal law or

regulation.

4. The full amount properly expended by social services districts

under this section, including costs of administration, shall be

reimbursed by the state, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of

section three hundred one of this chapter.