§ 363-b. Agreements for federal determination of eligibility of aged,
blind and disabled persons for medical assistance. 1. In order to
avoid costly, duplicative administrative responsibility, the department
on behalf of the state may, with the approval of the director of the
budget, enter into an agreement with the secretary of health, education
and welfare for the secretary to determine eligibility, commencing on or
after the first day of January nineteen hundred seventy-four, for
medical assistance in the case of aged, blind or disabled persons,
pursuant to the provisions of the social security act authorizing such
agreements and subject to the requirements of this title. Such
agreement shall include provision for payments of one-half the cost of
such services to be made to such secretary.

2. Payments required to be made by the department to the secretary of
health, education and welfare for his services under such agreement
shall be borne by and shared equally between the social services
districts to which such payments are attributable and the state for any
period commencing on or after the first day of January nineteen hundred
seventy-four.