Section 432. State reimbursement; standards of payment

1.    (a)
  Expenditures made by social services officials for day services programs
  and their administration pursuant to the provisions of this title shall,
  if approved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state,
  in accordance with the regulations of the department as  follows:  there
  shall be paid to each social services district (1) the amount of federal
  funds,  if  any,  properly received or to be received on account of such
  expenditures; (2)  fifty per centum of allowable  expenditures  for  day
  services  and  its  administration,  after first deducting therefrom any
  federal funds properly received or to be received on account thereof and
  the amount of any fees paid to the  social  services  official  for  day
  services.  The local government share of the cost of day services may be
  met  in  whole or in part by donated private funds, exclusive of in-kind
  services.
    (b)  For purposes of this title, expenditures  for  administration  of
  day services shall include expenditures for compensation of employees in
  connection  with  the  furnishing  of  day  services,  including but not
  limited to costs incurred for pensions,  federal old age  and  survivors
  insurance and health insurance for such employees; training programs for
  personnel,  operation,  maintenance  and  service  costs; and such other
  expenditures as equipment costs, depreciation  and  charges  and  rental
  values  as  may  be  approved  by the department.   It shall not include
  expenditures for capital costs.
    2.  The department shall, after consultation  with  appropriate  state
  agencies and with the approval of the director of the budget, promulgate
  regulations  establishing standards of payment for day services provided
  children with public financial support.  Such standards of payment shall
  include the services required to be provided to the child and his family
  and the cost of such services.  When the department has established such
  standards,  reimbursement  under  this  section  shall  be  limited   in
  accordance with such standards.
    3.  (a)  Claims for state reimbursement shall be made in such form and
  manner  and  at  such times and for such periods as the department shall
  determine.
    (b)  When certified by the department, state  reimbursement  shall  be
  paid  from  the  state  treasury  upon  the  audit  and  warrant  of the
  comptroller out of funds made available therefor.
    4.   Payment of state reimbursement shall  be  made  to  local  fiscal
  officers as in the case of state reimbursement for public assistance and
  care under other provisions of this chapter.