§ 133. Temporary preinvestigation emergency needs assistance or care.
Upon application for public assistance or care under this chapter, the
local social services district shall notify the applicant in writing of
the availability of a monetary grant adequate to meet emergency needs
assistance or care and shall, at such time, determine whether such
person is in immediate need. If it shall appear that a person is in
immediate need, emergency needs assistance or care shall be granted
pending completion of an investigation. The written notification
required by this section shall inform such person of a right to an
expedited hearing when emergency needs assistance or care is denied. A
public assistance applicant who has been denied emergency needs
assistance or care must be given reason for such denial in a written
determination which sets forth the basis for such denial. Nothing in
this section shall be construed to require the social services district
or any state agency to provide medical assistance, except as otherwise
required by title eleven of this article.