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                                  1476

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
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Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  JOHN, PHEFFER, ROBINSON -- 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
  providing local social services districts access to information in the
  state wage reporting system  regarding  former  recipients  of  public
  assistance  and care and other benefits and regarding birth parents of
  children in  foster  care;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  such
  provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 23 of the  social
services  law, as amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a) to social services districts with respect to  (I)  applicants  for
[and], recipients AND FORMER RECIPIENTS of public assistance and care or
other  benefits  pursuant  to  this chapter for which such districts are
responsible, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT INFORMATION REGARDING FORMER RECIP-
IENTS SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS FOR A  PERIOD
OF  THREE AND ONE-HALF YEARS AFTER THE CLOSURE OF THE RECIPIENT'S PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE CASE AND ONLY FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  DETERMINING  SUCH  FORMER
RECIPIENT'S  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  CHILD  CARE, INCLUDING TRANSITIONAL CHILD
CARE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, FOOD STAMP BENEFITS AND  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
DETERMINING  THE  EFFECTIVENESS  OF  AND FOR ADMINISTERING THE OFFICE OF
TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE'S PROGRAMS; (II) with respect to any
person legally responsible for the support of such applicants and recip-
ients and, (III) with respect to any person legally responsible for  the
support of a recipient of services under section one hundred eleven-g of
this  chapter  or to any agent of any entity that is under contract with
the child support program pursuant to title  [six-a]  SIX-A  of  article

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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three  of  this chapter, AND (IV) WITH RESPECT TO THE PARENTS, THE STEP-
PARENTS, THE CHILD AND THE SIBLINGS OF THE CHILD WHO WERE LIVING IN  THE
SAME  HOUSEHOLD AS A CHILD WHO IS IN THE CARE AND CUSTODY OR CUSTODY AND
GUARDIANSHIP  OF  THE  SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OR LOCAL COMMISSIONER OF
SOCIAL SERVICES DURING THE MONTH THAT THE COURT PROCEEDINGS  LEADING  TO
THE  CHILD'S  REMOVAL  FROM  THE HOUSEHOLD WERE INITIATED OR THE WRITTEN
INSTRUMENT TRANSFERRING CARE AND CUSTODY OF THE CHILD  PURSUANT  TO  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS CHAPTER WAS
SIGNED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY OF ANY  CHILD  IN
CARE  AND  CUSTODY  OR  CUSTODY  AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
DISTRICT OR OF THE LOCAL COMMISSIONER OF  SOCIAL  SERVICES  FOR  FEDERAL
PAYMENT  FOR  FOSTER  CARE  AND  ADOPTION  ASSISTANCE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
PROVISIONS OF TITLE IV-E OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SERVICES ACT,
  S 2. Section 23 of the social services law is amended  by  adding  two
new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
  4.  NONE  OF  THE INFORMATION GATHERED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION MAY BE
USED BY THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE OR  ANY  LOCAL
SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  TO  RECOVER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR FOSTER CARE
BENEFITS PROPERLY PAID.
  5. THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  AND/OR  LOCAL
DISTRICTS  SHALL NOTIFY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS THAT
INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE WAGE REPORTING SYSTEM SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
ABLE TO THE OFFICE OF  TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  WHEN  THE
RECIPIENT NO LONGER RECEIVES PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
  S  3. The social services law is amended by adding two new sections 24
and 25 to read as follows:
  S 24. DATABASE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT OUTCOMES. 1. THE  OFFICE
OF  TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE SHALL CONSTRUCT A DATABASE OF
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT OUTCOMES AND JOB RETENTION  AND  ADVANCEMENT
DATA.  SUCH  DATA  SHALL CONSIST OF COUNTY PERFORMANCE, PROGRESS TOWARDS
ENTRIES TO EMPLOYMENT AND  PROGRAM  EVALUATION  IN  ORDER  TO  DETERMINE
WHETHER THE GOALS OF THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ARE BEING
MET.  THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE SHALL PERFORM
TIMELY ANALYSIS REGARDING FEDERAL  PERFORMANCE  MONITORING  AND  PARTIC-
IPATION RATE STANDARDS.
  2. THE DATABASE SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
  (A)  SUBSIDIZED AND UNSUBSIDIZED WORK PLACEMENTS, INCLUDING DETAILS ON
TRANSPORTATION AND CHILD CARE SERVICES AND THE RELATIONSHIP  TO  PARTIC-
IPANT WORK SUCCESS;
  (B) INCOME MADE BY RECIPIENTS IN THEIR JOB PLACEMENTS, INCLUDING AVER-
AGE HOURLY WAGE;
  (C)  THE  NUMBER  OF  NEW JOBS IN THE STATE AND THE NUMBER KNOWN TO BE
FILLED BY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS;
  (D) THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE WORK RULE SANCTION  NOTICES,  THE
NUMBER  OF  PEOPLE  WHO  REQUEST  CONCILIATION, AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHOSE CASES ARE FAVORABLY RESOLVED AFTER CONCILIATION ON A  DISTRICT  BY
DISTRICT BASIS;
  (E)  LENGTH  OF TIME FORMER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS WORKED IN THE
EMPLOYMENT POSITION THAT THEY HELD AT THE TIME THEIR  CASE  WAS  CLOSED;
AND
  (F)  ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY
AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE DEEMS NECESSARY.
  3. ONE YEAR AFTER THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE BECOME A LAW, THE OFFICE  OF
TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE SHALL SUBMIT REPORTS OF SUCH DATA
ANNUALLY TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR. A FINAL  REPORT  SHALL  BE
SUBMITTED  TO  THE  LEGISLATURE  AND  THE GOVERNOR FOUR YEARS AFTER THIS

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SECTION SHALL HAVE BECOME A LAW. SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO  THE
PUBLIC ON A WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE OFFICE.
  S  25.  UPON  RECEIPT  OF  THIS  INFORMATION,  LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES
DISTRICTS MUST PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PERSONS WHO APPEAR TO BE  ELIGIBLE
FOR  CHILD  CARE, INCLUDING TRANSITIONAL CHILD CARE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE,
AND FOOD STAMP BENEFITS.
  S 4. Paragraph 3 of subsection (e) of section 697 of the tax  law,  as
separately amended by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 and section 45-f
of  part  C  of  chapter  58  of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
follows:
  (3) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the department,  its
officers  or  employees  from  furnishing  information  to the office of
temporary and disability assistance relating to the payment of the cred-
it for certain household and dependent care services necessary for gain-
ful employment under subsection (c) of section six hundred six  of  this
article and the earned income credit under subsection (d) of section six
hundred  six  of  this  article, or pursuant to a local law enacted by a
city having a population of one million or more pursuant  to  subsection
(f)  of section thirteen hundred ten of this chapter, only to the extent
necessary to calculate  qualified  state  expenditures  under  paragraph
seven  of  subdivision  (a)  of section four hundred nine of the federal
social security act or to document the  proper  expenditure  of  federal
temporary assistance for needy families funds under section four hundred
three of such act. The office of temporary and disability assistance may
redisclose  such  information  to the United States department of health
and human services only to the extent necessary to calculate such quali-
fied state expenditures or to document the proper  expenditure  of  such
federal  temporary  assistance  for needy families funds. Nothing herein
shall be construed to prohibit the delivery by  the  commissioner  to  a
commissioner  of jurors, appointed pursuant to section five hundred four
of the judiciary law, or, in counties within cities having a  population
of one million or more, to the county clerk of such county, of a mailing
list  of  individuals to whom income tax forms are mailed by the commis-
sioner for the sole purpose of compiling a list of prospective jurors as
provided in article sixteen of the judiciary law.    Provided,  however,
such  delivery  shall  only  be  made  pursuant to an order of the chief
administrator of the courts, appointed pursuant to section  two  hundred
ten  of the judiciary law. No such order may be issued unless such chief
administrator is satisfied that such mailing list is needed to compile a
proper list of prospective jurors for the county for which such order is
sought and that, in view of the responsibilities imposed by the  various
laws  of  the  state  on the department, it is reasonable to require the
commissioner to furnish such list. Such order shall  provide  that  such
list  shall be used for the sole purpose of compiling a list of prospec-
tive jurors and that such commissioner of jurors, or such county  clerk,
shall take all necessary steps to insure that the list is kept confiden-
tial  and  that there is no unauthorized use or disclosure of such list.
Furthermore, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the  delivery
to  a  taxpayer or his or her duly authorized representative of a certi-
fied copy of any return or report filed in connection with  his  or  her
tax  or  to  prohibit  the publication of statistics so classified as to
prevent the identification of particular  reports  or  returns  and  the
items  thereof, or the inspection by the attorney general or other legal
representatives of the state of the report or return of any taxpayer  or
of  any  employer  filed under section one hundred seventy-one-h of this
chapter, where such taxpayer or employer shall bring action to set aside

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or review the tax based thereon, or against whom an action or proceeding
under this chapter or under this chapter and  article  eighteen  of  the
labor  law has been recommended by the commissioner, the commissioner of
labor  with  respect  to unemployment insurance matters, or the attorney
general or has been instituted, or the  inspection  of  the  reports  or
returns  required  under  this article by the comptroller or duly desig-
nated officer or employee of the state department of audit and  control,
for  purposes  of  the  audit  of a refund of any tax paid by a taxpayer
under this article, or the furnishing to the state department  of  labor
of unemployment insurance information obtained or derived from quarterly
combined  withholding, wage reporting and unemployment insurance returns
required to  be  filed  by  employers  pursuant  to  paragraph  four  of
subsection  (a) of section six hundred seventy-four of this article, for
purposes of administration of such department's  unemployment  insurance
program,  employment  services program, federal and state employment and
training programs, employment statistics and  labor  market  information
programs,  worker  protection  programs,  federal programs for which the
department has  administrative  responsibility  or  for  other  purposes
deemed  appropriate  by  the  commissioner  of labor consistent with the
provisions of the labor law, and redisclosure  of  such  information  in
accordance  with  the provisions of sections five hundred thirty-six and
five hundred thirty-seven of the labor law or any other applicable  law,
or  the  furnishing  to  the  state  office  of temporary and disability
assistance of information  obtained  or  derived  from  New  York  state
personal income tax returns as described in paragraph (b) of subdivision
two of section one hundred seventy-one-g of this chapter for the purpose
of  reviewing support orders enforced pursuant to title six-A of article
three of the social services law to aid in the determination of  whether
such  orders  should  be  adjusted,  or  the  furnishing  of information
obtained from the reports required to be submitted by employers  regard-
ing  newly  hired  or re-hired employees pursuant to section one hundred
seventy-one-h of this chapter to the state office of temporary and disa-
bility assistance, the state department of health, the state  department
of  labor  and  the workers' compensation board for purposes of adminis-
tration of the child support enforcement program, verification of  indi-
viduals'  eligibility  for  one  or  more  of  the programs specified in
subsection (b) of section eleven hundred  thirty-seven  of  the  federal
social  security act and for other public assistance programs authorized
by state law, and administration of the state's employment security  and
workers'  compensation  programs,  and  to the national directory of new
hires established pursuant to section four hundred fifty-three-A of  the
federal  social security act for the purposes specified in such section,
or the furnishing to  the  state  office  of  temporary  and  disability
assistance  of  the  amount of an overpayment of income tax and interest
thereon certified to the comptroller to  be  credited  against  past-due
support  pursuant  to  section one hundred seventy-one-c of this chapter
and of the name and social security number of the taxpayer who made such
overpayment, or the disclosing to the commissioner  of  finance  of  the
city  of New York, pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-l of this
chapter, of the amount of an overpayment and interest thereon  certified
to the comptroller to be credited against a city of New York tax warrant
judgment debt and of the name and social security number of the taxpayer
who made such overpayment, or the furnishing to the New York state high-
er  education  services  corporation  of the amount of an overpayment of
income tax and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be cred-
ited against the amount of a default in repayment of any education  loan

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debt, including judgments, owed to the federal or New York state govern-
ment  that  is  being  collected  by the New York state higher education
services corporation, and of the name and social security number of  the
taxpayer  who  made  such  overpayment,  or  the furnishing to the state
department of health of the information required  by  paragraph  (f)  of
subdivision  two  and  subdivision  two-a  of  section two thousand five
hundred eleven of the public health law  and  by  subdivision  eight  of
section three hundred sixty-six-a and paragraphs (b) and (d) of subdivi-
sion  two  of section three hundred sixty-nine-ee of the social services
law, or the furnishing to the state university of New York or  the  city
university of New York respectively or the attorney general on behalf of
such state or city university the amount of an overpayment of income tax
and interest thereon certified to the comptroller to be credited against
the amount of a default in repayment of a state university loan pursuant
to section one hundred seventy-one-e of this chapter and of the name and
social security number of the taxpayer who made such overpayment, or the
disclosing  to  a state agency, pursuant to section one hundred seventy-
one-f of this chapter, of the amount  of  an  overpayment  and  interest
thereon  certified  to the comptroller to be credited against a past-due
legally enforceable debt owed to such agency and of the name and  social
security  number  of  the  taxpayer  who  made  such overpayment, or the
furnishing of employee and employer  information  obtained  through  the
wage  reporting system, pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-a of
this chapter, as added by chapter five hundred forty-five of the laws of
nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to the state  office  of  temporary  and
disability  assistance,  the department of health or to the state office
of the medicaid inspector general for the purpose of verifying eligibil-
ity for and entitlement to amounts of benefits under the social services
law or similar law of another jurisdiction, locating absent  parents  or
other  persons  legally responsible for the support of applicants for or
recipients of public assistance and care under the social  services  law
and  persons  legally  responsible  for  the  support  of a recipient of
services under section one hundred eleven-g of the social  services  law
and,  in appropriate cases, establishing support obligations pursuant to
the social services law and the family court act or similar provision of
law of another jurisdiction for the purpose of evaluating the effect  on
earnings  of  participation  in  employment,  training or other programs
designed to promote self-sufficiency authorized pursuant to  the  social
services  law by current recipients of public assistance and care and by
former applicants and recipients of public assistance and care,  (except
that  with  regard  to former recipients, information which relates to a
particular former recipient shall be provided  with  client  identifying
data  deleted),  and to the state department of labor, or other individ-
uals designated by the commissioner of labor, for  the  purpose  of  the
administration  of  such  department's  unemployment  insurance program,
employment services program, federal and state employment  and  training
programs,  employment  statistics and labor market information programs,
worker protection programs, federal programs for  which  the  department
has administrative responsibility or for other purposes deemed appropri-
ate  by  the commissioner of labor consistent with the provisions of the
labor law, and redisclosure of such information in accordance  with  the
provisions  of sections five hundred thirty-six and five hundred thirty-
seven of the labor law, or  the  furnishing  of  information,  which  is
obtained from the wage reporting system operated pursuant to section one
hundred  seventy-one-a of this chapter, as added by chapter five hundred
forty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-eight, to  the  state

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office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance so that it may furnish
such information to public agencies of other  jurisdictions  with  which
the state office of temporary and disability assistance has an agreement
pursuant  to paragraph (h) or (i) of subdivision three of section twenty
of the social services law, and to the state  office  of  temporary  and
disability  assistance  for  the  purpose  of fulfilling obligations and
responsibilities otherwise incumbent upon the state department of labor,
under section one hundred twenty-four of the federal family support  act
of  nineteen  hundred eighty-eight, by giving the federal parent locator
service, maintained by  the  federal  department  of  health  and  human
services,  prompt access to such information as required by such act, or
to the state department of health to verify eligibility under the  child
health  insurance plan pursuant to subdivisions two and two-a of section
two thousand five hundred eleven of the public  health  law,  to  verify
eligibility under the medical assistance and family health plus programs
pursuant  to  subdivision eight of section three hundred sixty-six-a and
paragraphs (b) and (d) of  subdivision  two  of  section  three  hundred
sixty-nine-ee  of the social services law, and to verify eligibility for
the program for elderly pharmaceutical insurance  coverage  under  title
three  of  article  two of the elder law, or to the office of vocational
and educational services for individuals with disabilities of the educa-
tion department, the commission for the blind and  visually  handicapped
and  any  other  state vocational rehabilitation agency, for purposes of
obtaining reimbursement from the federal social security  administration
for  expenditures made by such office, commission or agency on behalf of
disabled individuals who have achieved economic self-sufficiency  or  to
the  higher  education services corporation for the purpose of assisting
the corporation in default prevention and default collection  of  educa-
tion  loan  debt,  including  judgments, owed to the federal or New York
state government; provided, however,  that  such  information  shall  be
limited  to  the  names,  social  security numbers, home and/or business
addresses, and employer names of defaulted or  delinquent  student  loan
borrowers.
  Provided,  however,  that  with  respect  to  employee information the
office of temporary and disability assistance shall  only  be  furnished
with the names, social security account numbers and gross wages of those
employees  who are (A) applicants for or recipients OR FORMER RECIPIENTS
of benefits under the social services law, or similar provision  of  law
of  another  jurisdiction  (pursuant  to  an agreement under subdivision
three of section twenty of the social services law) , PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT INFORMATION REGARDING FORMER RECIPIENTS SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE  TO
SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE AND ONE-HALF YEARS AFTER
THE  CLOSURE  OF THE RECIPIENT'S PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASE AND ONLY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF DETERMINING SUCH FORMER  RECIPIENT'S  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  CHILD
CARE,  INCLUDING TRANSITIONAL CHILD CARE, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, FOOD STAMP
BENEFITS AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AND FOR
ADMINISTERING  THE  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE'S
PROGRAMS or, (B) absent parents or other persons legally responsible for
the  support  of  applicants  for or recipients of public assistance and
care under the social services law or similar provision of law of anoth-
er jurisdiction (pursuant to an agreement  under  subdivision  three  of
section  twenty  of  the  social  services  law), or (C) persons legally
responsible for the support of a recipient of services under section one
hundred eleven-g of the social services law or similar provision of  law
of  another  jurisdiction  (pursuant  to  an agreement under subdivision
three of section twenty of the social services law),  or  (D)  employees

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about  whom  wage  reporting  system  information  is being furnished to
public agencies of other jurisdictions, with which the state  office  of
temporary  and  disability assistance has an agreement pursuant to para-
graph  (h)  or  (i) of subdivision three of section twenty of the social
services law, or (E) employees about whom wage reporting system informa-
tion is being furnished to the federal  parent  locator  service,  main-
tained  by  the federal department of health and human services, for the
purpose of enabling the state office of temporary and disability assist-
ance to fulfill obligations  and  responsibilities  otherwise  incumbent
upon  the  state  department of labor, under section one hundred twenty-
four of the federal family support act of nineteen hundred eighty-eight,
and, only if, the office of temporary and disability  assistance  certi-
fies  to the commissioner that such persons are such applicants, recipi-
ents, absent parents or  persons  legally  responsible  for  support  or
persons  about whom information has been requested by a public agency of
another jurisdiction or  by  the  federal  parent  locator  service  and
further certifies that in the case of information requested under agree-
ments  with  other  jurisdictions  entered  into pursuant to subdivision
three of section twenty of the social services law, that such request is
in compliance with any applicable federal law. Provided,  further,  that
where the office of temporary and disability assistance requests employ-
ee  information for the purpose of evaluating the effects on earnings of
participation in employment, training  or  other  programs  designed  to
promote self-sufficiency authorized pursuant to the social services law,
the  office  of  temporary  and  disability  assistance  shall  only  be
furnished with the quarterly gross wages (excluding any reference to the
name, social security number or any other  information  which  could  be
used  to  identify  any employee or the name or identification number of
any employer) paid to employees who are former applicants for or  FORMER
recipients of public assistance and care and who are so certified to the
commissioner by the commissioner of the office of temporary and disabil-
ity  assistance. Provided, further, that with respect to employee infor-
mation, the department of health shall only be furnished with the infor-
mation  required  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (f)   of
subdivision  two  and  subdivision  two-a  of  section two thousand five
hundred eleven of the public health law and subdivision eight of section
three hundred sixty-six-a and paragraphs (b) and (d) of subdivision  two
of  section three hundred sixty-nine-ee of the social services law, with
respect to those individuals whose eligibility under  the  child  health
insurance  plan,  medical  assistance  program,  and  family health plus
program is to be determined pursuant to such provisions and with respect
to those members of any such individual's household whose income affects
such individual's eligibility and who are so certified  to  the  commis-
sioner  or  by  the  department  of health. Provided, further, that wage
reporting information shall be furnished to the office of vocational and
educational services for individuals with disabilities of the  education
department,  the  commission  for the blind and visually handicapped and
any other state vocational rehabilitation agency only  if  such  office,
commission  or agency, as applicable, certifies to the commissioner that
such information is necessary to obtain reimbursement from  the  federal
social  security administration for expenditures made on behalf of disa-
bled individuals who have achieved self-sufficiency. Reports and returns
shall be preserved for three years and thereafter until the commissioner
orders them to be destroyed.

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  S 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 171-a of the  tax  law,
as  amended by chapter 304 of the laws of 1990 and redesignated by chap-
ter 818 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Notwithstanding  any  law  to  the contrary, the commissioner [of
taxation and finance] shall maintain a cooperative  agreement  with  the
state [department of social services] OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY
ASSISTANCE,  which agreement shall provide for the utilization of infor-
mation obtained pursuant to subdivision one hereof, for the  purpose  of
verifying  eligibility  for and entitlement to amounts of benefits under
the social services law, locating absent parents or other persons legal-
ly responsible for the support of applicants  or  recipients  of  public
assistance  and  care  under the social services law and persons legally
responsible for the support of a recipient of services under section one
hundred eleven-g of the social services law and, in  appropriate  cases,
establishing support obligations pursuant to the social services law and
the family court act, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY
OF  CHILDREN  IN  THE  CARE AND CUSTODY OR CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF A
LOCAL COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, OF A LOCAL DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL
SERVICES  OR  OF  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR FEDERAL
PAYMENTS FOR  FOSTER  CARE  AND  ADOPTION  ASSISTANCE  PURSUANT  TO  THE
PROVISIONS OF TITLE IV-E OF THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT BY PROVIDING
INFORMATION  WITH  RESPECT  TO  THE  PARENTS, STEPPARENTS, THE CHILD AND
SIBLINGS OF THE CHILD WHO WERE LIVING IN  THE  SAME  HOUSEHOLD  AS  SUCH
CHILD DURING THE MONTH THAT THE COURT PROCEEDINGS LEADING TO THE CHILD'S
REMOVAL  WERE  INITIATED OR THE WRITTEN INSTRUMENT TRANSFERRING CARE AND
CUSTODY OF THE CHILD PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
FIFTY-EIGHT-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW WAS SIGNED, and for the purpose
of evaluating the effect on earnings of participation in  employment  or
training  programs  authorized  pursuant  to  the social services law by
current recipients of public assistance and care and by  former  recipi-
ents of public assistance and care, such agreement shall further provide
to  the degree required by federal law for the commissioner [of taxation
and finance] and the [social services department] STATE OFFICE OF TEMPO-
RARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE to provide information obtained  pursuant
to subdivision one of this section to the federal social security admin-
istration  or  to  public  agencies  in  other  states  which administer
programs under the food stamp act of nineteen hundred  seventy-seven  or
title I, II, IV-A, IV-D, X, XIV, XVI, or XIX of the federal social secu-
rity  act and to take such other steps as may be required by section one
thousand one hundred thirty-seven of the social security act or  federal
regulations promulgated thereunder.
  S 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have  become  a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed 4
years after such date; provided, however,  that  effective  immediately,
the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such date.