2022 New York Laws
SOS - Social Services
Article 6 - Children
Title 1 - Care and Protection of Children
374-C - Authority to Operate Group Homes.

§  374-c.   Authority to operate group homes. 1.  An authorized agency
which is not a court, public board, commission  or  official  is  hereby
empowered  and  permitted  to  operate  group  homes  in compliance with
regulations of the department.    A  social  services  official  who  is
authorized  to place children in family homes and institutions, pursuant
to  section  three  hundred  ninety-eight,  may  be  authorized  by  the
department  to  operate group homes in compliance with such regulations,
provided that such official demonstrates  to  the  satisfaction  of  the
department  the  need  therefor  and that suitable care is not otherwise
available for children under  the  care  of  such  official  through  an
authorized  agency  under  the  control of persons of the same religious
faith as such children.   Such homes shall be  subject  to  supervision,
visitation and inspection by the department and shall also be subject to
visitation and inspection by the board.
  2.  (a)  If  an authorized agency plans to establish one or more group
homes within a municipality, it shall notify the chief executive officer
of the municipality in writing of its intentions  and  include  in  such
notice  a  description  of  the  nature,  size and the community support
requirements of the program.
  (b)  For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  "municipality"  means   an
incorporated village, if a facility is to be located therein; a town, if
the  facility is to be located therein, and not simultaneously within an
incorporated village; or a city, except that in the city  of  New  York,
the  community  board  with  jurisdiction  over the area in which such a
facility is to be located shall be considered the municipality.