N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 131-u

§ 131-u. Domestic violence services to eligible persons. 1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, a social services\ndistrict shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section and\nregulations of the department, offer and provide emergency shelter and\nservices at a residential program for victims of domestic violence, as\ndefined in article six-A of this chapter, to the extent that such\nshelter and services are necessary and available to a victim of domestic\nviolence, as defined in article six-A of this chapter, and in need of\nemergency shelter and services, who was residing in the social services\ndistrict at the time of the alleged domestic violence and who:\n (a) is eligible for public assistance under one of the following\nprograms:\n (i) emergency assistance to needy families, pursuant to section three\nhundred fifty-j of this chapter;\n (ii) family assistance, pursuant to section three hundred forty-nine\nof this chapter;\n (iii) safety net assistance, pursuant to sections one hundred\nfifty-seven and one hundred fifty-eight of this chapter; or\n (iv) any other form of public assistance and care pursuant to sections\none hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-one-a of this chapter; or\n (b) applied for public assistance and care during the time the victim\nwas residing in a residential program for victims of domestic violence.\nTo the extent that funds are appropriated expressly therefore and a\nsocial services district has exhausted its allocation under title XX of\nthe federal social security act, state reimbursement shall be available\nfor fifty percent of the expenditures made by a social services official\nfor emergency shelter and services provided to a victim of domestic\nviolence who is determined to be ineligible for public assistance during\nthe time the victim was residing in a residential program for victims of\ndomestic violence.\n 2. The department shall annually establish, subject to the approval of\nthe director of the budget, a daily rate of reimbursement for each\nresidential program for victims of domestic violence, as defined in\narticle six-A of this chapter, certified by the department which\nprovides emergency shelter and services to persons eligible for such\nemergency shelter and services pursuant to this section. A social\nservices district financially responsible for a victim of domestic\nviolence shall reimburse a residential program for victims of domestic\nviolence for the costs of emergency shelter and services provided to\nsuch victim at the daily reimbursement rate established by the\ndepartment reduced by the sum of all fees which such victim is able to\npay toward the costs of such shelter and services as determined in\naccordance with the public assistance budgeting rules set forth in the\nregulations of the department and by any third party reimbursement\navailable for such costs.\n