Section 303-A. Grants of assistance for guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs; certain cases

1.  It  shall be the duty of the social services
  official to provide assistance, in accordance with  regulations  of  the
  department, to a person with a disability using a guide dog, hearing dog
  or  service  dog  who  has  been  determined  to  be  eligible for or is
  receiving  federal  supplemental   security   income   benefits   and/or
  additional state payments, for the purchase of food for such dog.
    2.  Such regulations of the department shall fix an amount of not less
  than thirty-five dollars a month, and  the    method  and  frequency  of
  distribution   and  procedures  for  the  determination  and  periodical
  redetermination of eligibility for such assistance.
    3. Such assistance shall not be granted to any person for whom  earned
  income  has  been  exempted  for such purpose pursuant to federal law or
  regulation.
    4. The full amount properly  expended  by  social  services  districts
  under   this  section,  including  costs  of  administration,  shall  be
  reimbursed by the state, notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of
  section three hundred one of this chapter.