459-F - Fees for services.

§ 459-f. Fees for services. Any program defined in subdivision four of  section  four  hundred fifty-nine-a of this article may charge a service  fee to a victim of domestic violence who is able to pay all or  part  of  the  costs of the emergency shelter and services provided to the victim.  Payments by a social services district  to  a  residential  program  for  victims  of  domestic  violence  for  the costs of emergency shelter and  services provided  to  a  victim  of  domestic  violence  at  the  daily  reimbursement  rate  determined  by  the  department  in accordance with  section one hundred thirty-one-u of this chapter shall be reduced by the  sum of all fees which such victim is able to pay  toward  the  costs  of  such  shelter  and  services as determined in accordance with the public  assistance  budgeting  rules  set  forth  in  the  regulations  of   the  department  and  by  any  third  party  reimbursement available for such  costs.