N.Y. Social Services Law § 457: Out-of-state adoptive parents

§ 457. Out-of-state adoptive parents. With respect to a child who

has been adopted within this state but who has been removed from this

state by his adoptive parents, or a child who has been adopted by

residents of another state or of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and who

is, or who is likely to become, a public charge within this state,

payments under section four hundred fifty-three or four hundred

fifty-four of this title may be made pursuant to an agreement between

the district and the adoptive parents, provided that such agreement is

in accordance with the regulations of the department promulgated to

achieve the objective of increasing the number of adoptions of potential

public charges, with particular emphasis upon handicapped and hard to

place children. Any such agreement shall become void at such time as it

is determined by the social services official that a child on whose

behalf payments are being received pursuant to such agreement was

brought into this state for the sole purpose of qualifying prospective

out-of-state adoptive parents for such payments. Such determination may

be appealed to the department which, upon receipt of the appeal, shall

conduct a fair hearing in accordance with the provisions of section four

hundred fifty-five of this title.