N.Y. Social Services Law § 358-b: Limitations on state reimbursement for foster care

* § 358-b. Limitations on state reimbursement for foster care. In the

event that a petition for approval of an instrument and the transfer of

the custody and guardianship or care and custody of a child is filed

within thirty days following removal of the child from his home and

diligently pursued pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a of

this title, state reimbursement shall not be denied for expenditures

made by a social services district for the care and maintenance of such

a child away from his home prior to denial of such petition by a family

court judge solely by reason of such denial.

* NB Effective until June 30, 2027

* § 358-b. Limitations on state reimbursement for foster care. In the

event that a petition for approval of an instrument and the transfer of

the custody and guardianship or care and custody of a child is filed

within thirty days following removal of the child from his home and

diligently pursued pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a of

this chapter, state reimbursement shall not be denied pursuant to

section one hundred fifty-three-d of this chapter, for expenditures made

by a social services district for the care and maintenance of such a

child away from his home prior to denial of such petition by a family

court judge solely by reason of such denial.

* NB Effective June 30, 2027