New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter B - Public Assistance
Article 2 - Determination of Eligibility-Categorical
Part 361 - Case Management Activities For Pregnant And Parenting Adolescents
Section 361.5 - Voluntary participation in case management activities

A social services district may not impose, or threaten to impose, fiscal or other sanctions on an adolescent who refuses to participate in case management activities or refuses to be referred to or receive the services or assistance identified in his or her personal plan as necessary to maintain and strengthen family life and/or to attain or retain the capability for maximum self-support and personal independence, except when the law otherwise requires participation in programs in order to receive public assistance.