N.Y. Social Services Law § 36-a: Department research and demonstration projects

§ 36-a. Department research and demonstration projects. 1. The

department is authorized to sponsor, conduct and participate in research

and demonstration projects designed to ascertain and eliminate the

causes of dependency and to rehabilitate recipients of public assistance

and care or to demonstrate the utilization of research in the

administration of public assistance and care.

2. Except where a specific appropriation has been made therefor, no

such research or demonstration project requiring the expenditure of

state funds shall be instituted without prior approval of the director

of the budget.

3. The department may request the cooperation of any county or city

social services district in connection with any such research or

demonstration project sponsored or conducted by the department.

* 4. The commissioner shall seek any federal waiver or waivers from

the United States department of agriculture that may be necessary to

exclude income provided to an individual as part of their participation

in a pilot program authorized under section one hundred thirty-one-a of

this chapter for supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility

determination purposes.

* NB Repealed March 23, 2029