N.Y. Social Services Law 350-A – Protective payments
§ 350-a. Protective payments. 1. Whenever the social services official who is granting allowances of family assistance to a relative for the benefit of a child determines that such relative is unable to manage the allowances he or she may, when appropriate in accordance with state and federal requirements, pay the allowances to another individual who is interested in or concerned with the welfare of the child and relative.
Terms Used In N.Y. Social Services Law 350-A
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- child: means a person under eighteen years of age, or a person under nineteen years of age who is a full-time student regularly attending a secondary school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training if, before such person attains age nineteen, such person may reasonably be expected to complete the program of such secondary school or training. See N.Y. Social Services Law 345
2. The determination of the social services official to pay allowances to another individual pursuant to subdivision one may be appealed to the department by the relative concerned who shall be given an opportunity for a fair hearing on his appeal. The department may review such determination on its own motion. The powers and procedures prescribed by section twenty-two of this chapter shall likewise apply to the determinations, appeals and reviews made pursuant to this section.
3. Any relative or other person who is granted an allowance of family assistance for the benefit of a child or children and who wilfully uses all or any part of such allowance other than for the benefit of such child or children, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.