{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-152-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Social Services Law § 152-a","heading":"Burial reserves for certain recipients of public assistance or care from assigned assets","body":"§ 152-a. Burial reserves for certain recipients of public assistance\nor  care from assigned assets. When other provisions of this chapter\nproviding  for reserving an amount for the burial of a recipient of\npublic assistance  or care, from assets transferred or assigned to a\nsocial services official,  do not apply to a recipient because of the\ncategory of public assistance or  care received by him or her, as in the\ncase of a  recipient of safety net assistance, a similar burial reserve\nfrom  assigned assets may or shall, as the regulations of the department\nmay  permit or require, be set aside for such recipient; and any  such\nburial  reserve heretofore set aside with the approval of the\ndepartment, or in  accordance with its requirements, shall be deemed to\nhave been authorized.","path":["Social Services Law","Article 5. Assistance and Care","Title 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/SOS/152-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"6e8e37c432c5e82de296e3ab167bd0a706ed35193394e737896256e7d0341a77","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-152","next":"us-ny/n.y.-social-services-law-152-b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}