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Section
131

Assistance, Care and Services to Be Given.

Section
131-A

Monthly Grants and Allowances of Public Assistance.

Section
131-AA

Monthly Statistical Reports.

Section
131-AAA

Availability of Adverse Childhood Experiences Services.

Section
131-B

Fees for Services.

Section
131-C

Inclusion of Parents and Siblings of a Minor in the Public Assistance Household.

Section
131-D

Substance Abuse Rehabilitative and Preventive Services.

Section
131-E

Family Planning Services.

Section
131-F

Retroactive Social Security Benefit Increases.

Section
131-G

Authority to Accept Public and Private Gifts.

Section
131-H

Authority to Operate Family Homes for Adults.

Section
131-I

Social Services Districts; Agreements.

Section
131-I-2

Family Loan Program.

Section
131-J

Certain Utility Deposits.

Section
131-K

Illegal Aliens.

Section
131-L

Exclusion of Agent Orange Benefits.

Section
131-M

Information on Resource Referral Services.

Section
131-N

Exemption of Income and Resources.

Section
131-O

Personal Allowances Accounts.

Section
131-P

Group Health Insurance Benefits; Condition of Eligibility.

Section
131-Q

Electronic Payment File Transfer System Pilot Project.

Section
131-R

Liability for Reimbursement of Public Assistance Benefits.

Section
131-S

Payments Made for Utility Service for Recipients of Public Assistance Benefits, Supplemental Security Income Benefits or Additional State Payments.

Section
131-T

Periodic Reporting.

Section
131-U

Domestic Violence Services.

Section
131-V

Temporary Emergency Shelter.

Section
131-W

Limitations in the Payment of Rent Arrears.

Section
131-X

Reverse Mortgage Loans.

Section
131-Z

Child Assistance Program.

Section
131-ZZ

Child Poverty Reduction.

Section
132

Investigation of Applications.

Section
132-A

Children Born Out of Wedlock; Special Provisions.

Section
133

Temporary Preinvestigation Emergency Needs Assistance or Care.

Section
133-A

Contracts for Distribution of Public Assistance Grants.

Section
134

Supervision.

Section
134-A

Conduct of Investigation.

Section
134-B

Front End Detection System.

Section
135

Cooperation of Public Welfare Officials.

Section
136

Protection of Public Welfare Records.

Section
136-A

Information From State Tax Commission and the Comptroller.

Section
137

Exemption From Levy and Execution.

Section
137-A

Exemption of Earnings of Recipients From Assignment, Income Execution and Installment Payment Order.

Section
138-A

Responsibility of the Department for Recipients in Family Care.

Section
139-A

Special Provisions to Avoid Abuse of Assistance and Care.

Section
141

Burial of the Dead.

Section
142

Exclusiveness of Eligibility Requirements.

Section
142-A

Federal Economic Opportunity Act Grants or Payments; Effect on Eligibility for Certain Public Assistance or Care.

Section
142-B

Federal Manpower Development Training Act and Elementary and Secondary Education Act Grants or Payments; Effect on Eligibility for Certain Public Assi

Section
143

Information to Be Given by Employers of Labor to Social Services Officials, the Department, Family Court and the State Department of Mental Hygiene.

Section
143-A

Information to Be Given to Public Welfare Officials by Retail Instalment Sellers, Small Loan Companies and Sales Finance Companies.

Section
143-B

Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Checks.

Section
143-C

Avoidance of Abuses in Connection With Rent Security Deposits.

Section
144

Power of Public Welfare Officials and Service Officers to Administer Oaths; Power of Public Welfare Officials to Subpoena Persons Liable for Support A

Section
144-A

Information to Be Given to Officials of the Department and of Social Services Districts.

Section
145

Penalties.

Section
145-A

Judgment Liens.

Section
145-B

False Statements; Actions for Treble Damages.

Section
145-C

Sanctions.

Section
146

Penalty for the Sale or Exchange of Assistance Supplies.

Section
147

Misuse of Food Stamps, Food Stamp Program Coupons, Authorization Cards and Electronic Access Devices.

Section
148

Penalty for Unlawfully Bringing a Needy Person Into a Public Welfare District.

Section
149

Penalty for Bringing a Needy Person Into the State.

Section
150

Penalty for Neglect to Report or for Making False Report.

Section
151

Penalties for Cashing Public Assistance Checks or Accepting Electronic Benefit Transfers From Public Assistance Recipients.

Section
152

Payments to the New York Public Welfare Association; Attendance at Conventions of Public Welfare Officials.

Section
152-A

Burial Reserves for Certain Recipients of Public Assistance or Care From Assigned Assets.

Section
152-B

Surplus After Recovery of Cost of Public Assistance and Care; Unclaimed Funds.