Section 834-A. Advance payment of portion of welfare charges to hospitals and day care centers

Where a contract has been entered into  between  a
  social  services  district  and  a  hospital,  pursuant to section three
  hundred sixty-seven of the social services  law,  or  between  a  social
  services  district and a day care center for day care furnished children
  on behalf of the social services district, or between a social  services
  district  and  a  nursing  home  or  health  related  facility  for care
  furnished patients in the nursing home or  health  related  facility  on
  behalf  of the social services district, the board of supervisors of the
  county may, by resolution, determine that not to exceed seventy-five per
  centum of the total claim submitted to the county or the social services
  district by such hospital or such day care center or such  nursing  home
  or  health related facility for charges and services under such contract
  for each month shall be paid, in advance of audit, subject to subsequent
  adjustment of accounts between the hospital or the day  care  center  or
  the  nursing  home  or  health related facility and the county or social
  services district following audit.