N.Y. Social Services Law § 374-e: Authority to place out or board out children with therapeutic foster parents

§ 374-e. Authority to place out or board out children with therapeutic

foster parents. A social services official or agency who is authorized

to place out or board out children pursuant to section three hundred

ninety-eight or three hundred seventy-four of this article, is

authorized by the department to place out or board out children having

special needs with therapeutic foster parents pursuant to subdivision

fifteen of section three hundred ninety-eight of this article and in

compliance with regulations of the department. Such placement shall only

be made, however, when the official or agency demonstrates to the

satisfaction of the department that state expenditures incurred in

placing a child with a therapeutic foster parent are less than those

that would be incurred if the children were placed in an institution.