New York Social Services Law

Every section of the New York Social Services Law, in order — 728 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 368-f — Reimbursement of costs under the early intervention program
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369 — Application of other provisions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-aa — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-bb — Drug utilization review board
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-cc — Retrospective and prospective drug utilization review
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-gg — Basic health program
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-ii — 1332 state innovation program
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-k — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-l — Establishment of program
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-m — Program eligibility and operations
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 369-n — Relationship of program to medical assistance program
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 370 — Community centers and services for senior citizens; when social services official to furnish
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 370-a — Federal grants
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 370-aa — State heating fuel crisis assistance
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 370-b — State reimbursement
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 370-c — Supports and services for youth suffering from adverse childhood experiences
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 371 — Definitions Unless the context or the subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation, when used in this article or in any ...
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 371-a — Procedure
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 371-b — Citizen review panels
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 372 — Records and reports
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 372-b — Adoption services
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 372-c — Putative father registry
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 372-d — Adoption services; purchase by department
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 372-e — Adoption applications; appeals
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 372-f — Statewide adoption service
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 372-g — Abandoned infant protection program
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 372-h — Reporting on post adoption services
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 373 — Religious faith
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 373-a — Medical histories
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 374 — Authority to place out or board out children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 374-a — Interstate compact on the placement of children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 374-b — Authority to operate agency boarding home
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 374-c — Authority to operate group homes
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 374-d — Authority to operate public institutions for children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 374-e — Authority to place out or board out children with therapeutic foster parents
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 374-f — Authority to enter into leases for dwelling units
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 375 — Requirement of certificate or license to board children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 376 — Certificate to board children and/or minors under age of eighteen years
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 377 — License to board children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 378 — Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 378-a — Access to conviction records by authorized agencies
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 379 — Revocation of certificates and licenses
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 380 — Boarding and free homes; records
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 381 — Maternity homes; records and reports
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 382 — Responsibility for children without state residence; license and board
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 383 — Care and custody of children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 383-a — Immunity from liability for application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 383-b — Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute children; consent of commissioners
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 383-c — Guardianship and custody of children in foster care
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 384 — Guardianship and custody of children not in foster care
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 384-a — Transfer of care and custody of children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 384-b — Guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent children; commitment by court order; modification of commitment and restoration of par...
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 384-c — Notice in certain proceedings to fathers of children born out-of-wedlock
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 385 — Orders; prohibiting placing out or boarding out; removal
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 386 — Visitation; inspection and supervision
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 387 — Ineligibility for public foster care funds; fiscal penalties
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 388 — Special charters
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 389 — Penalty for violations
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390 — Child day care; license or registration required
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-a — Standards and training for child day care
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-b — Criminal history review and background clearances of child care providers, generally
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-c — Notice of pesticide applications
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-c — Additional powers and duties of the office of children and family services
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-d — Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools and bodies of water on the grounds of family day care homes or group family day car...
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-e — Criminal history review; mentoring programs
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-f — Report on child care insurance
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-g — Pesticide alternatives
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-h — Notice requirement before closing certain day care centers
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-i — Notice of inspection report
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-j — Performance summary card in a city having a population of one million or more
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-l — Securing of furniture
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-m — Window coverings
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-n — Child care support center; operating certificate required
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 390-o — Prohibit the use of infant walkers in child care facilities
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 391 — Violation; injunction
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 392 — Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 393 — Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or adoption proceedings
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 393 — Court review of placement in a qualified residential treatment program
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 394 — Short title
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 394-a — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 394-b — Eligibility criteria
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 394-c — Application and approval process
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 394-d — Child care creation and expansion tax credit
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 394-e — Allocation of credit
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 394-f — Powers and duties of the commissioner
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 394-g — Maintenance of records
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 395 — Responsibility of public welfare districts for the welfare of children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 396 — Health and welfare services to all children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 397 — Powers and duties of social services officials in relation to children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 398 — Additional powers and duties of commissioners of public welfare and certain city public welfare officers in relation to children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 398-a — Standards of payment for foster care
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 398-b — Transition to managed care
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 398-c — Powers and duties of the commissioner in relation to children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 398-d — Child welfare services community demonstration projects
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 398-e — Eligibility for protective services, foster care services, and residential services for victims of domestic violence
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 398-f — Duty to provide luggage to children in foster care
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 399 — Children discharged from state institutions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 400 — Removal of children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 401 — Births to inmates of public homes
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 402 — Children forbidden in public homes
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 403 — The religious faith of children and minors
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 404 — Juvenile justice services close to home initiative
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 406 — Department of social welfare designated as state agency
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 407 — Powers of department of social welfare
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 408 — Custodian of funds
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409 — Preventive services; definition
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-a — Preventive services; provision by social services officials
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-d — District-wide child welfare services plan
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-e — Family service plan
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-f — Uniform case recording
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-g — Training of child welfare personnel
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-h — Assessment of appropriateness of placement in a qualified residential treatment program
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-i — Short title; legislative findings; purpose
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-j — Case management
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-k — Case plan and service record
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-l — Advisory board
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-m — Reports
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 409-n — Implementation
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410 — Day care; when public welfare official to furnish
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-a — Day care; when department to furnish
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-aa — Waitlist requirements
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-b — Federal grants
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-bb — Grants to not-for-profit facilities providing day care for children for employee salary and benefit enhancements
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-c — State reimbursement
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-cc — Start up grants for child day care
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-ccc — Child day care facility development
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-d — Short title: policy and purposes of title
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-e — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-f — Regulation of eligible borrowers
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-g — Mortgage loans
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-h — Conditions and security for loans
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-i — Rates and admission of children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-j — Transfer of real property
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-k — Supervision
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-l — Foreclosures and judgments
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-m — Fees and charges
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-o — Separability
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-p — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-q — Child care resource and referral program services
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-r — Child care resource and referral programs
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-s — State reimbursement
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-t — Responsibilities of the commissioner
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-u — Establishment of block grant for child care
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-v — Allocation of block grant funds
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-w — Eligible families
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-x — Use of funds
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-y — Maintenance of effort
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-z — Reporting requirements
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 411 — Findings and purpose
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 412 — General definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 413 — Persons and officials required to report cases of suspected child abuse or maltreatment
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 414 — Any person permitted to report
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 415 — Reporting procedure
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 416 — Obligations of persons required to report
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 417 — Taking a child into protective custody
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 418 — Mandatory reporting to and post-mortem investigation of deaths by medical examiner or coroner
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 419 — Immunity from liability
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 420 — Penalties for failure to report
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 421 — Responsibility of the office
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 422 — Statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 422-a — Child abuse and neglect investigations; disclosure
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 422-b — Local and regional fatality review teams
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 422-c — Establishment of the child abuse medical provider program (CHAMP)
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 423 — Child protective service responsibilities and organization; purchase of service and reimbursement of cost; local plan
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 423-a — Child advocacy centers established
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 424 — Duties of the child protective service concerning reports of abuse or maltreatment
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 424-a — Access to information contained in the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 424-b — Children in the care of certain public and private agencies
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 425 — Cooperation of other agencies
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 426 — Annual reports
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 427 — Regulations of the commissioner
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 427-a — Differential response programs for child protection assessments or investigations
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 428 — Separability
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 429 — Home visiting
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 430 — Day services; when social services official may furnish
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 431 — Licensure
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 432 — State reimbursement; standards of payment
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 433 — Other state funding sources
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 434 — Funding limitations
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 440 — Findings; purpose
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 441 — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 442 — Child care review service; establishment, operations and procedure
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 443 — Advisory committee
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 444 — Confidentiality of records; related matters
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 445 — Funding
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 446 — Statewide automated child welfare information system
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 447-a — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 447-b — Services for exploited children
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 450 — Statement of legislative intent
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 451 — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 453 — Maintenance subsidy; handicapped or hard to place child
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 453-a — Payments for non-recurring adoption expenses
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 454 — Medical subsidy
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 455 — Fair hearings
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 456 — State reimbursement and payments
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 457 — Out-of-state adoptive parents
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 458 — Availability of subsidy; publicity
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 458-a — Definitions
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 458-b — Kinship guardianship assistance payments
• N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 458-c — Payments for non-recurring guardianship expenses