N.Y. Social Services Law § 32: Reciprocal agreements

§ 32. Reciprocal agreements. The department is authorized to enter

into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state agencies of other

states regarding interstate transportation of dependent and indigent

persons, and to arrange with the propert officials in this state for the

acceptance, transfer and support of persons receiving public assistance

and care in other states in accordance with the terms of such reciprocal

agreements, but this state shall not nor shall any county or other

political subdivision of this state be committed to the support of

persons who are not, in the opinion of the department, entitled to

public support by the laws of this state. No agreement made pursuant to

the provisions of this section shall become effective until the

attorney-general has approved its form and sufficiency and determined

its legal effect.