2010 New York Code
SOS - Social Services
Article 2 - (5 - 40) DEPARTMENT AND STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WELFARE
32 - Reciprocal agreements.

§  32.   Reciprocal agreements.  The department is authorized to enter
  into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state  agencies  of  other
  states  regarding  interstate  transportation  of dependent and indigent
  persons, and to arrange with the propert officials in this state for the
  acceptance, transfer and support of persons receiving public  assistance
  and care in other states in accordance with the terms of such reciprocal
  agreements,  but  this  state  shall  not  nor shall any county or other
  political subdivision of this state  be  committed  to  the  support  of
  persons  who  are  not,  in  the  opinion of the department, entitled to
  public support by the laws of this state.  No agreement made pursuant to
  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  become  effective  until  the
  attorney-general  has  approved  its form and sufficiency and determined
  its legal effect.