N.Y. Social Services Law § 64: Separation of social services from eligibility and assistance payments functions

§ 64. Separation of social services from eligibility and assistance

payments functions. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or

regulation every social services district shall be organized to effect a

separation of social services from eligibility and assistance payments

functions as follows:

1. The commissioner shall issue within ten days of the effective date

hereof, guidelines to the social services districts of the state

outlining the principles and purposes to be attained in the separation

of social services from the functions of eligibility and assistance

payments, and defining the content of services which may be included

under the term "social services" and of the functions associated with

eligibility and assistance payments.

2. Each social services district shall submit to the commissioner by

July first, nineteen hundred seventy-one, its own plan for separation,

together with its timetable for implementation of the plan.

3. Upon finding that the plan conforms to the applicable minimum

federal requirements, the commissioner shall approve such plan.

4. Each social services district shall submit to the commissioner, in

accordance with applicable federal law and regulations, modifications of

its approved plan for separation of social services from eligibility and

assistance payments functions. Each social services district shall

prepare, in accordance with applicable federal law and regulations, for

the effective operation of such approved plan as so modified.