(b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner may authorize the Rensselaer county social services district to pay for services and supplies provided pursuant to the demonstration project. 3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may, subject to the approval of the director of the budget, approve such a demonstration project and apply for appropriate waivers under federal law and regulation and may waive any provision of this title or regulation of the department as may be necessary to enable the social services district to participate in the demonstration project, and to make medical assistance funds available for such project. 4. The commissioner shall provide that a final evaluation be made of the national long term care channeling demonstration project in Rensselaer county approved and conducted hereunder in a form mutually agreed upon by such commissioner, the state commissioner of health, and the director of the state office for the aging, and shall provide copies of such report to the governor and to the legislature. In addition, the director of the state office for the aging shall submit annual interim reports on the progress of the project to the governor and legislature by the first day of February of each year. * NB Expired December 31, 1985