N.Y. State Finance Law § 50: Transfers of appropriations

§ 50. Transfers of appropriations. Notwithstanding any other

provisions of law, in order to better coordinate and reorient the

administration of programs which help to reduce, eliminate or avoid

financial dependency, in order to assure that services provided under

such programs are delivered in the most economical and efficient

fashion, and in order to fully qualify such programs for federal

assistance, the director of the budget may approve contracts between the

state department of social services and other state departments and

agencies which may be providing such services to individuals and

families who are receiving or who are former or potential recipients of

public assistance and care, as defined by the rules and regulations of

the state department of social services. Such contracts may provide for

the delivery of such services on behalf of the state department of

social services and the social services districts of the state, to the

extent feasible, upon a finding by the director of the budget that such

contractual arrangements would be to the advantage of the state in

respect to Federal reimbursement and the orderly and effective provision

of such services. The fiscal benefit of any federal financial assistance

realized by the state pursuant to such contracts will be shared with any

localities which contribute to the costs of providing the contractual

services, according to the proportion by which such costs are shared

between the state and localities pursuant to law, on the day immediately

preceding the execution date of such contracts. Notwithstanding any

other provisions of law, the director of the budget is hereby authorized

to transfer such funds as may be necessary to give effect to any such

contractual arrangements authorized under this section to the state

department of social services from funds appropriated to any such other

state departments and agencies to the extent that such transfers may be

necessary to obtain federal reimbursements for the provision of services

of the same nature as those for which such funds were appropriated and

any funds so transferred shall be deemed to have been appropriated to

the state department of social services for the purposes of providing

for such services and obtaining federal reimbursement for their support.

No such transfer shall take effect until a certificate of transfer shall

have been issued by the director of the budget and copies filed with the

state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance committee and the

chairman of the assembly ways and means committee. Amendments to such

certificates may be made by filing revised copies with the same

officers. Every such certificate shall clearly show (1) the items and

amounts of appropriations which are to be transferred, (2) the chapter

of the laws in which they were originally appropriated, and (3) the

department or agency from which they are being transferred.