§ 158. Eligibility. 1. A person is eligible for safety net assistance\nwho is financially needy as determined in accordance with title one of\nthis article and the regulations promulgated thereunder, is not in\nsanction status for a program authorized by this chapter and:\n (a) resides in a family which is ineligible for family assistance or\nother assistance funded by the federal temporary assistance for needy\nfamilies block grant because an adult in the family has exceeded the\nmaximum durational limits on such assistance contained in section three\nhundred fifty of this chapter, or\n (b) is an adult who would otherwise be eligible for family assistance\nexcept that he or she does not reside with a dependent child, or\n (c) resides in a family that would otherwise be eligible for family\nassistance except that at least one adult or minor head of household has\nbeen determined in accordance with section one hundred thirty-two of\nthis article to be abusing illegal substances or engaging in the\nhabitual and excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, or\n (d) is under the age of eighteen, not living with his or her child and\nhas no adult relatives with whom to reside, or\n (e) resides in a family in which a person required to submit to\nscreening or evaluation for use of illegal drugs or excess alcohol\nconsumption pursuant to section one hundred thirty-two of this article\nrefused to comply, or\n (f) resides in a family which includes a person disqualified from\nreceiving assistance pursuant to paragraph (f) of subdivision four of\nsection one hundred thirty-two of this article, or\n (g) is a qualified alien who is ineligible to receive assistance\nfunded under the temporary assistance for needy families block grant\nsolely because of section four hundred three of the federal personal\nresponsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996 (P.L.\n104-193) or is a noncitizen who is permanently residing under color of\nlaw but is not a qualified alien.\n 2. A person who shall be eligible for family assistance according to\nthe provisions of title ten of this article shall be granted family\nassistance and while receiving such aid shall not be eligible for safety\nnet assistance. A person who is receiving federal supplemental security\nincome payments and/or additional state payments shall not be eligible\nfor safety net assistance. A person who is eligible for refugee cash\nassistance pursuant to the plan established pursuant to section three\nhundred fifty-eight of this article shall not be eligible for safety net\nassistance. An applicant for or recipient of safety net assistance shall\nbe required, as a condition of eligibility for safety net assistance, to\nsign a written authorization allowing the secretary of the federal\ndepartment of health and human services to pay to the social services\ndistrict his or her initial supplemental security income payment and\nallowing the social services district to deduct from his or her initial\npayment the amount of safety net assistance granted for any month for\nwhich he or she subsequently is determined eligible to receive\nsupplemental security income benefits. For the purposes of this\nsubdivision the term "initial payment" shall refer to the first payment\nof supplemental security income benefits after a person files an\napplication for benefits or after a person who has been terminated or\nsuspended from eligibility for supplemental security income benefits\nsubsequently has been found eligible for such benefits. An applicant for\nsafety net assistance who reasonably appears to meet the criteria for\neligibility for federal supplemental security income payments shall also\nbe required, as a condition of eligibility for safety net assistance, to\napply for such payments and shall, if otherwise eligible therefor, be\neligible for safety net assistance until he or she has received a\nfederal supplemental security income payment. Further, if an applicant\nfor s
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