§ 153-b. Reimbursement for services. Expenditures made by a social services district for the purposes of this chapter as authorized by section one hundred thirty-one-g of this chapter shall, if approved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state not pursuant to section one hundred fifty-three or any other provision of this chapter, but, in accordance with the regulations of the department to the extent of any and only in the amount of federal funds, if any properly received or to be received on account of such expenditures.