Section 19.28. Receipt and disbursement of federal funds

(a) The commissioner may receive, use, or distribute federal financial
  or technical assistance to support construction of facilities, research,
  staffing,  or  other  programs  or  activities for alcoholism, substance
  abuse, or  chemical  dependence  services,  appropriated  under  federal
  legislation  or  regulations  or  under  other  federal  legislation  or
  regulations which provide assistance to the mentally disabled, including
  but  not  limited  to  vocational  rehabilitation  programs,  alcoholism
  programs,   substance  abuse  programs,  poverty  programs,  or  special
  programs for children or the aged.
    (b) The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations relating  to
  the commissioner's powers and duties to implement any provision of state
  or  federal  law  involving  the receipt, use or disbursement of federal
  financial or technical assistance.
    (c) The department of taxation and finance shall be the  custodian  of
  federal  financial  assistance granted or allocated to the office by the
  United States. These funds shall be paid out on the audit and warrant of
  the comptroller on the certificate of the commissioner, or  his  or  her
  authorized representative.
    (d)  Subject  to  the  rules  and regulations of the commissioner, any
  funds made available to the office by the United States  or  by  another
  state agency as a federal allotment to be administered by the office may
  be  disbursed  by  it to a local government, voluntary nonprofit agency,
  educational agency, or other entity properly authorized to receive funds
  in  fulfillment  of  the  purposes  of  appropriate  federal  or   state
  legislation  for  the provision of services, construction of facilities,
  research, staffing, training or related programs or activities.