§ 834-a. Advance payment of portion of welfare charges to hospitals
and day care centers. Where a contract has been entered into between a
social services district and a hospital, pursuant to section three
hundred sixty-seven of the social services law, or between a social
services district and a day care center for day care furnished children
on behalf of the social services district, or between a social services
district and a nursing home or health related facility for care
furnished patients in the nursing home or health related facility on
behalf of the social services district, the board of supervisors of the
county may, by resolution, determine that not to exceed seventy-five per
centum of the total claim submitted to the county or the social services
district by such hospital or such day care center or such nursing home
or health related facility for charges and services under such contract
for each month shall be paid, in advance of audit, subject to subsequent
adjustment of accounts between the hospital or the day care center or
the nursing home or health related facility and the county or social
services district following audit.