BILL NUMBER:A10562
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law and the tax law,
in relation to applications for public assistance for minor children
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires that certain tax information
be disclosed when there is an application for public assistance for a
minor child.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Section 21 of the
Social Services Law to provide a new subdivision 9 to require the
Commissioner of Taxation and Finance to make information available to
the welfare management system regarding the identity of persons claiming
a minor child as a dependent when an application for public assistance
has been made for the minor child; and requiring the Office of Children
and Family Services or the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
to provide information for each minor child to the Department of Taxa-
tion and Finance and to request information form such department regard-
ing the identity of persons claiming the minor child as a dependent for
taxation purposes.
Section 2 amends the tax law by adding a new Section 171-u to require
the availability of tax status of a minor child for whom an application
for public assistance has been made.
Section 3 sets the effective date.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10562
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 7, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. KOON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law and the tax law, in relation to
applications for public assistance for minor children
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 21 of the social services law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND HIS OR HER DESIGNEES
SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE WELFARE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM REGARDING THE IDENTITY OF PERSONS CLAIMING A MINOR CHILD AS A
DEPENDENT WHEN AN APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MADE FOR
THE MINOR CHILD. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR THE
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE SHALL PROVIDE THE IDENTI-
FYING INFORMATION FOR EACH MINOR CHILD, INCLUDING THE FULL NAME, SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER, AND DATE OF BIRTH, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE AND REQUEST INFORMATION FROM SUCH DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE IDEN-
TITY OF PERSONS CLAIMING THE MINOR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT FOR TAXATION
PURPOSES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED RELEVANT TO THE APPLICATION
FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
S 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 171-u to read as
follows:
S 171-U. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING MINOR CHILDREN. UPON
REQUEST FROM THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR THE OFFICE OF
TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE INFOR-
MATION REGARDING THE TAX STATUS OF A MINOR CHILD FOR WHOM AN APPLICATION
FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MADE, INCLUDING THE NAME, DATE OF BIRTH,
AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF ANY PERSON CLAIMING SUCH MINOR CHILD AS A
DEPENDENT FOR TAXATION PURPOSES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED RELE-
VANT FOR THE APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16215-01-0
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