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 404 - Determination and Redetermination of Eligibility For Social Services
Section 404.2 - Responsibility for eligibility determinations

(a) The social services district shall be solely responsible for the determination of eligibility for services.

(b) If the acceptance of applications is delegated to a provider under a contract executed in accordance with the purchase of services requirements specified in section 405.2 of this Title, responsibility for eligibility determinations shall remain with the social services district; any requirements that a provider obtain and transmit to the social services district data necessary to make a determination of eligibility shall be specified in the purchase of services contract.