New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter C - Social Services
Article 1 - Provision of Social Services-general
Part 403 - Program Requirements for Social Services
Section 403.3 - Freedom to accept services
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Eligible individuals and families shall be free to accept or reject services, including those services offered as part of a protective treatment plan for children and adults in need of protection. In the event an individual or family refuses needed protective services, the social services district has an obligation to gather relevant data for court referral if necessary in the case of children, or for making arrangements with relatives, others and/or the courts to act in behalf of impaired adults.
(b) Acceptance of a service shall not be a prerequisite for the receipt of any other service or assistance, except for the conditions relating to the work incentive program, a program for vocational rehabilitation or other approved work program. In such instances the services unit of the social services district shall immediately notify the income maintenance unit (or the WIN/SAU unit regarding WIN participant) of the individual's refusal to accept a service.
