Section 131-U. Domestic violence services to eligible persons

1.
  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  law,  a  social  services
  district  shall,  in  accordance with the provisions of this section and
  regulations of the department, offer and provide emergency  shelter  and
  services  at  a residential program for victims of domestic violence, as
  defined in article six-A of  this  chapter,  to  the  extent  that  such
  shelter and services are necessary and available to a victim of domestic
  violence,  as  defined  in article six-A of this chapter, and in need of
  emergency shelter and services, who was residing in the social  services
  district at the time of the alleged domestic violence and who:
    (a)  is  eligible  for  public  assistance  under one of the following
  programs:
    (i) emergency assistance to needy families, pursuant to section  three
  hundred fifty-j of this chapter;
    (ii)  family  assistance, pursuant to section three hundred forty-nine
  of this chapter;
    (iii)  safety  net  assistance,  pursuant  to  sections  one   hundred
  fifty-seven and one hundred fifty-eight of this chapter; or
    (iv) any other form of public assistance and care pursuant to sections
  one hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-one-a of this chapter; or
    (b)  applied for public assistance and care during the time the victim
  was residing in a residential program for victims of domestic  violence.
  To  the  extent  that  funds  are appropriated expressly therefore and a
  social services district has exhausted its allocation under title XX  of
  the  federal social security act, state reimbursement shall be available
  for fifty percent of the expenditures made by a social services official
  for emergency shelter and services provided  to  a  victim  of  domestic
  violence who is determined to be ineligible for public assistance during
  the time the victim was residing in a residential program for victims of
  domestic violence.
    2. The department shall annually establish, subject to the approval of
  the  director  of  the  budget,  a  daily rate of reimbursement for each
  residential program for victims of  domestic  violence,  as  defined  in
  article  six-A  of  this  chapter,  certified  by  the  department which
  provides emergency shelter and services to  persons  eligible  for  such
  emergency  shelter  and  services  pursuant  to this section.   A social
  services district financially  responsible  for  a  victim  of  domestic
  violence  shall  reimburse a residential program for victims of domestic
  violence for the costs of emergency shelter  and  services  provided  to
  such   victim  at  the  daily  reimbursement  rate  established  by  the
  department reduced by the sum of all fees which such victim is  able  to
  pay  toward  the  costs  of  such  shelter and services as determined in
  accordance with the public assistance budgeting rules set forth  in  the
  regulations  of  the  department  and  by  any third party reimbursement
  available for such costs.