§ 62. Responsibility for public assistance and care. 1. Subject to\nreimbursement in the cases hereinafter provided for, each public welfare\ndistrict shall be responsible for the assistance and care of any person\nwho resides or is found in its territory and who is in need of public\nassistance and care which he is unable to provide for himself.\n 5. This section is subject to the following exceptions:\n (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, in the event\na recipient removes from one to another social services district in the\nstate, a social services official administering safety net assistance or\nfamily assistance to such recipient shall continue such assistance for\nsuch recipient for a period ending on the last day of the calendar month\nnext succeeding the calendar month in which such removal occurred,\nprovided such recipient is otherwise eligible for such assistance and\nhas not become a recipient of public assistance in the district to which\nhe or she has removed.\n (a-1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, in the\nevent a recipient removes from one to another social services district\nin the state, a social services official administering medical\nassistance to such recipient shall continue such assistance for a period\nending on the last day of the calendar month next succeeding the\ncalendar month in which such removal is reported by the recipient to the\nsocial services district, provided that the recipient: has informed the\ndistrict of his or her new address and any material changes in\ncircumstances affecting medical assistance eligibility; is otherwise\neligible for medical assistance; and has not become a recipient of\nmedical assistance in the district to which he or she has removed. After\nthe last day of the calendar month next succeeding the calendar month in\nwhich such removal is reported, the recipient shall be eligible without\nfurther application for medical assistance administered by the social\nservices district to which the recipient has removed. Continued\nprovision of medical assistance under this paragraph is dependent on the\nrecipient meeting all applicable requirements of titles eleven and\neleven-D of article five of this chapter. This paragraph shall not apply\nto a recipient who is institutionalized in a medical facility and who\nremoves from one social services district to another district in the\nstate.\n (b) If a public welfare district, town or city provides care for a\nperson in a family home, boarding home, nursing home, convalescent home,\nhospital or institution outside of its territory and pays for such care\ndirectly or through a grant made to the recipient, the public welfare\ndistrict, town or city making such provision shall continue to be\nresponsible for payment for such care as long as the recipient is in\nneed thereof. In the event any other type of public assistance and care\nis needed by a person receiving such care, it shall be furnished and\npaid for by the public welfare district, town or city which would be\nresponsible for such required assistance and care if such person had\nremained in the territory of the district, town or city making such\nprovision; the public welfare district, town or city making such\nprovision shall likewise be responsible for the care, removal and burial\nof the body of any such person who shall die, and the expense thereof.\n The public welfare district, town or city which, pursuant to the\nprovisions of this paragraph, is providing public assistance and care\nfor the mother of an infant, on the date of birth of such infant, shall\nbe responsible for providing public assistance or care required by such\ninfant on and after the date of his birth; and such public welfare\ndistrict, town or city shall be deemed to have made provision for the\ncare of such infant outside of its territory.\n When a child who has been cared for away from his own home by or on\nbehalf of a public welfare district, pu
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