N.Y. Social Services Law § 399: Children discharged from state institutions

§ 399. Children discharged from state institutions. The

commissioner of social services shall co-operate with the state

institutions for delinquent, mentally disabled and physically

handicapped children to ascertain the conditions of the home and the

character and habits of the parents of a child before his discharge from

a state institution, and make recommendations as to the advisability of

returning said child to his home. In case the commissioner of social

services shall deem it unwise to have any such child returned to his

former home, such state institution may, with the consent of the

commissioner, place such child into the care of said commissioner of

social services.