Section 121. Removal of persons to another state or country

1. When any
  person who is cared for at the expense of the state  or  of  any  public
  welfare  district has settlement or residence or otherwise belongs to or
  has legally responsible relatives able or friends willing  to  undertake
  the  obligations to support him or to aid in supporting him in any other
  state or country, the department may furnish him with transportation  to
  such  state  or  country,  provided, in its judgment the interest of the
  state and the welfare of such person will be thereby promoted.
    2. The expense of such removal shall be paid from the  state  treasury
  on  the  audit  and  warrant  of  the comptroller pursuant to a verified
  account  submitted  by  the  department  and  in  accordance  with   the
  provisions  of  paragraph  d  of  subdivision one of section one hundred
  fifty-three of this chapter.