N.Y. Social Services Law § 94: Federal donated commodities

§ 94. Federal donated commodities. 1. (a) Until his social services

district has been included in the food stamp distribution program or

programs under section ninety-five, each commissioner of social services

is authorized and required, in accordance with regulations of the

department, to assist needy families and individuals of his social

services district to obtain federal donated commodities for their use,

by certifying, when such is the case, that they are eligible to receive

such commodities, and by distributing such commodities to eligible

families and individuals. However, only those who are receiving or are

eligible for public assistance or care and such others as may qualify in

accordance with federal requirements and standards promulgated by the

department shall be certified as eligible to receive such commodities.

(b) Each commissioner of social services shall develop and submit to

the department for its approval a plan describing his district's

operations under this section, which plan shall accord with federal and

state requirements.

2. Federal donated commodities shall not be deemed or construed to be

public assistance and care or a substitute, in whole or in part,

therefor; and the receipt of such commodities by eligible families and

individuals shall not subject them, their legally responsible relatives,

their property or their estates to any demand, claim or liability on

account thereof.

3. A person's need or eligibility for public assistance or care shall

not be affected by his receipt of federal donated commodities.

4. Any inconsistent provisions of law notwithstanding, expenditures

made by social services districts for the purpose of certifying

eligibility of needy families and individuals for federal donated

commodities and for distributing such commodities to them shall be

deemed to be expenditures for the administration of public assistance

and care and shall be subject to reimbursement by the state in

accordance with the provisions of section one hundred fifty-three to the

extent of one hundred percentum thereof.