Section 110-A. Special provisions for legal services to enforce support to recover costs of public assistance and care and to establish paternity

1.  Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, the appropriating
  body  of a social services district may authorize and make provision for
  the social services commissioner  of  such  district  to  obtain:    (a)
  necessary legal services on a fee for service basis or other appropriate
  basis  which  the department may approve, to obtain support from spouses
  and parents, to recover costs of public assistance and care granted,  to
  establish  paternity,  and to initiate and prosecute proceedings for the
  commitment of the guardianship and custody  of  destitute  or  dependent
  children  to  authorized  agencies,  pursuant  to the provisions of this
  chapter and the domestic relations law, the family court act  and  other
  laws,  and  (b)  necessary  services  of private investigators, licensed
  pursuant to section seventy of the general business law, on  a  fee  for
  service  or other appropriate basis which the department may approve, to
  provide investigative assistance in efforts of the  district  to  locate
  absent parents and fathers of children born out of wedlock.
    2.    Expenditures made by a social services district for the costs of
  such services shall be subject to reimbursement by the state pursuant to
  the provisions of section one hundred fifty-three or  other  appropriate
  provisions of this chapter.