§ 153. Reimbursement and advances by the state. 1. * Expenditures made\nby social services districts, cities and towns for public assistance and\ncare and its administration, other than foster care services, pursuant\nto this chapter and expenditures made by any Indian tribe for foster\ncare services, preventive services, and adoption services and its\nadministration rendered pursuant to an agreement entered into with the\noffice of children and family services in accordance with section\nthirty-nine of this chapter and pursuant to this chapter, shall, if\napproved by the department of family assistance, be subject to\nreimbursement by the state, in accordance with the regulations of the\ndepartment, as follows:\n * NB Effective until June 30, 2027\n * Expenditures made by social services districts, cities and towns for\npublic assistance and care and its administration, pursuant to this\nchapter and expenditures made by any Indian tribe for foster care\nservices, preventive services, and adoption services and its\nadministration rendered pursuant to an agreement entered into with the\ndepartment in accordance with section thirty-nine of this chapter and\npursuant to this chapter, shall, if approved by the department, be\nsubject to reimbursement by the state, in accordance with the\nregulations of the department, as follows:\n * NB Effective June 30, 2027\n There shall be paid to each such district, city or town\n a. the amount of federal funds, if any, properly received or to be\nreceived on account of such expenditures;\n d. fifty percentum of the amount expended for public assistance and\ncare, after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly\nreceived or to be received on account thereof;\n e. fifty percentum of the amount expended for administration of public\nassistance and care, after first deducting therefrom any federal funds\nproperly received or to be received on account thereof. The provisions\nof this paragraph shall not be applicable to expenditures for\nadministration expressly provided for in paragraph f of this\nsubdivision;\n f. the full amount expended by any district, city, town or Indian\ntribe for the costs, including the costs of administration of public\nassistance and care to eligible needy Indians and members of their\nfamilies residing on any Indian reservation in this state, after first\ndeducting therefrom any federal funds properly received or to be\nreceived on account thereof.\n (g) fifty per centum of the amount expended for substance abuse\nservices pursuant to this chapter, after first deducting therefrom any\nfederal funds properly received or to be received on account thereof. In\nthe event funds appropriated for such services are insufficient to\nprovide full reimbursement of the total of the amounts claimed by all\nsocial services districts pursuant to this section then reimbursement\nshall be in such proportion as each claim bears to such total.\n 2. (a) In the event that the federal government imposes fiscal\nsanctions on the state because of non-compliance with federal law,\nregulation, or policy relating to the temporary assistance for needy\nfamilies block grant, other than sanctions relating to maintenance of\neffort spending requirements, the commissioner shall reduce federal\nreimbursement to each social services district in an amount equal to the\nportion of such fiscal sanction that the commissioner determines is\nattributable to such district through review of relevant statewide and\ndistrict specific data or documentation. The commissioner shall make\nsuch determination of district fault only to the extent that his or her\nreview identifies specific district actions or inactions that resulted\nin the district's failure to meet the applicable federal requirement.\nSuch reduction in federal reimbursement shall be made without state\nfinancial participation in resulting costs. To the extent that the\ncommissioner determines that he or she is unable to identif
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