ARTICLE 2

DEPARTMENT AND STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WELFARE
Section 5. Department of social welfare.

11. Commissioner of social services.

12. Deputy commissioners.

13. Organization of the department.

14. Employees; compensation.

16. Offices of the Department.

17. Powers and duties of the commissioner.

20. Powers and duties of the department.

20-a. Local personnel; limitations on department's power.

20-b. Plan for in-home care of senior citizens.

20-c. Privatization.

20-d. Training of direct care workers in adverse childhood

experiences.

21. Welfare management system.

21-a. Electronic benefit transfer system.

22. Appeals and fair hearings; judicial review.

23. Wage reporting system.

28. Gifts and bequests.

29. Federal agency.

30. Continuation of salaries of local and state welfare

employees receiving training for the better performance

of their duties.

31. Fellowships and scholarships for local and state public

welfare employees.

32. Reciprocal agreements.

33. Contracts for supplies and commodities needed in the

administration of assistance.

34. General powers and duties of the commissioner.

34-a. Services planning requirements.

35. Legal representation of individuals whose federal

disability benefits have been denied or may be

discontinued.

36. Studies.

36-a. Department research and demonstration projects.

36-b. Local flexibility incentive pilot program.

36-c. Savings plan for the city of New York.

37. Reports of and to department.

38. Commission for the blind.

39. Indian affairs.

40. Real property; purchase or acquisition.