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to the degree required by federal law for the commissioner and the
office of temporary and disability assistance to provide information
obtained pursuant to subdivision one of this section to the federal
social security administration 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 security 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; and
(ii) for the utilization by the office of temporary and disability
assistance of information obtained pursuant to subdivision one of this
section, with respect to the parents, the stepparents, the child and the
siblings of the child who were living in the same household as a child
who is in the custody, care and custody or custody and guardianship of a
local social services district or of the office of children and family
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 or three hundred
eighty-four-a of the social services law was signed, provided however,
that the office of temporary and disability assistance shall only use
the information obtained pursuant to this subdivision, for the purpose
of determining the eligibility of such child for federal payments for
foster care and adoption assistance pursuant to the provisions of title
IV-E of the federal social security act. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the office of temporary and disability assistance is
authorized to share information obtained pursuant to this subdivision
with any applicable social services district, provided however, that if
such information is shared, that such social services district shall
only use the information obtained for the purpose of determining the
eligibility of such child for federal payments for foster care and
adoption assistance pursuant to the provisions of title IV-E of the
federal social security act.
(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and not later than ninety
days after the effective date of this paragraph, the commissioner [of
taxation and finance] shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the
commissioner of [social services] THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY
ASSISTANCE for the delivery to [the state department of social services]
SUCH OFFICE of information obtained pursuant to subdivision one [hereof]
OF THIS SECTION, which information shall be utilized for the purpose of
enabling such [department] OFFICE to fulfill obligations and responsi-
bilities 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 certain wage information for use by such
latter department for the purpose of complying with such act.
S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 171-a of the tax law, as amended by
chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
(4) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and not later than Septem-
ber first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, the commissioner shall enter
into a cooperative agreement with the state department of labor to allow
the information obtained by the department pursuant to subdivision one
of this section to be made available to the department of labor, or
other individuals designated by the commissioner of labor, for adminis-
tration of such department's employment security programs[, public
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assistance work programs,] or for other purposes deemed appropriate by
the commissioner of labor consistent with the provisions of the labor
law, as well as for the evaluation of the effect on earnings of partic-
ipation in training programs with respect to which the department of
labor has reporting, monitoring, administering, or evaluating responsi-
bilities.
S 3. Paragraph 3 of subsection (e) of section 697 of the tax law, as
amended by section 4 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is
amended to read as follows:
(3) Nothing [herein] IN THIS SUBSECTION 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 credit for certain household and dependent care services
necessary for gainful 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 prop-
er 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 neces-
sary to calculate such qualified state expenditures or to document the
proper expenditure of such federal temporary assistance for needy fami-
lies funds. Nothing [herein] IN THIS SUBSECTION 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 individ-
uals to whom income tax forms are mailed by the commissioner 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 judici-
ary 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 prospective jurors and that
such commissioner of jurors, or such county clerk, shall take all neces-
sary steps to insure that the list is kept confidential and that there
is no unauthorized use or disclosure of such list. Furthermore, nothing
[herein] IN THIS SUBSECTION 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
disability assistance, the state department of health, the state depart-
ment of labor and the workers' compensation board for purposes of admin-
istration of the child support enforcement program, verification of
individuals' 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),] to the [state] office of temporary and disability
assistance FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH OFFICE'S PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS INFORMATION REGARDING
FORMER RECIPIENTS SHALL NOT BE USED TO RECOVER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PREVI-
OUSLY PROVIDED TO SUCH RECIPIENTS AND SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO THE
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE
YEARS SIX MONTHS AFTER THE CLOSURE OF THE RECIPIENT'S PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
CASE AND ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING SUCH FORMER RECIPIENT'S
ELIGIBILITY FOR TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT PERFORM-
ANCE WHEN RECIPIENTS LEAVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, AND for the purpose of
determining the eligibility of any child in the custody, care and custo-
dy or custody and guardianship of a local social services district or of
the office of children and family services for federal payments for
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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, the stepparents, the child and the 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 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 or three hundred eighty-four-a of the social
services law was signed, provided however that the office of temporary
and disability assistance shall only use the information obtained pursu-
ant to this [subdivision] SUBSECTION for the purpose of determining the
eligibility of such child for federal payments for foster care and
adoption assistance pursuant to the provisions of title IV-E of the
federal social security act, and to the state department of labor, or
other individuals designated by the commissioner of labor, for the
purpose of the administration of such department's unemployment insur-
ance program, employment services program, federal and state employment
and training programs, employment statistics and labor market informa-
tion 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 the furnishing of infor-
mation, which is obtained from the wage reporting system operated pursu-
ant to section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter, as added by
chapter five hundred forty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred seven-
ty-eight, to the [state] 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 subdivi-
sion 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 subdivi-
sions 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 insur-
ance 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 education 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 education loan debt, including judgments, owed to the
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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 THIS INFORMATION REGARDING FORMER RECIPIENTS SHALL NOT BE USED TO
RECOVER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO SUCH RECIPIENTS AND
SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY
ASSISTANCE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS SIX MONTHS AFTER THE CLOSURE OF
THE RECIPIENT'S PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASE AND ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVAL-
UATING SUCH FORMER RECIPIENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS AND
FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE WHEN RECIPIENTS LEAVE PUBLIC ASSIST-
ANCE, 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
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
assistance to fulfill obligations and responsibilities otherwise incum-
bent upon the state department of labor, under section one hundred twen-
ty-four of the federal family support act of nineteen hundred eighty-
eight, and, only if, the office of temporary and disability assistance
certifies to the commissioner that such persons are such applicants,
recipients OR FORMER RECIPIENTS, 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 infor-
mation requested under agreements 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 employee 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], THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
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PURPOSES OF MATCHING TO THE DEPARTMENT'S RECORDS, INCLUDING THE NAME,
AND THE social security number or [any] other information which could be
used to identify [any employee or] EMPLOYEES, AND the name [or identifi-
cation number of any employer) paid to] OR FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICA-
TION NUMBERS OF EMPLOYERS FOR SUCH employees who are former applicants
for or recipients 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 disability assistance. Provided, further, that
with respect to employee information, the department of health shall
only be furnished with the information 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 eligi-
bility 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 individ-
ual's household whose income affects such individual's eligibility and
who are so certified to the commissioner 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, certi-
fies to the commissioner that such information is necessary to obtain
reimbursement from the federal social security administration for
expenditures made on behalf of disabled 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.
S 4. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 2 of subsection (1) of section 697
of the tax law, as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is
amended to read as follows:
(B) For purposes of this subsection, the term "employment security
[and public assistance work] program purposes" means the unemployment
insurance programs administered by the commissioner of labor pursuant to
the labor law and those employment and training programs with respect to
which the department of labor has administrative, reporting, monitoring,
or evaluating responsibilities.
S 5. Section 697 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
(p) to read as follows:
(P) EXCHANGE OF WAGE REPORTING INFORMATION WITH THE OFFICE OF TEMPO-
RARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE.--NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO
THE CONTRARY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL FURNISH TO THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY
AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE, OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS DESIGNATED BY THE
COMMISSIONER OF SUCH OFFICE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN PURPOSES DEEMED APPROPRI-
ATE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF SUCH OFFICE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, THE NAME,
THE WAGES OF INDIVIDUALS, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF
TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSES
OF MATCHING TO THE DEPARTMENT'S RECORDS, THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR
OTHER INFORMATION WHICH COULD BE USED TO IDENTIFY EMPLOYEES, AND THE
NAME AND FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS CONTAINED
WITHIN WITHHOLDING TAX INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM EMPLOYERS PURSUANT TO
PART V OF THIS ARTICLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF
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PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING OR OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO
PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY ON EARNINGS.
S 6. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of
section 23 of the social services law, paragraph (a) as amended by
section 1 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, paragraphs (b),
(c) and (d) as amended by chapter 304 of the laws of 1990 and paragraph
(c) as added by chapter 818 of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as
follows:
(a) to social services districts:
(i) with respect to applicants for [and], recipients OF AND FORMER
RECIPIENTS of public assistance and care or other benefits pursuant to
this chapter for which such districts are responsible, PROVIDED, HOWEV-
ER, THAT THIS INFORMATION REGARDING FORMER RECIPIENTS SHALL NOT BE USED
TO RECOVER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO SUCH RECIPIENTS AND
SHALL ONLY BE AVAILABLE TO SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICTS FOR A PERIOD OF
THREE YEARS SIX MONTHS AFTER THE CLOSURE OF THE RECIPIENT'S PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE CASE AND ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING SUCH FORMER
RECIPIENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND EMPLOY-
MENT PERFORMANCE WHEN RECIPIENTS LEAVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE;
(ii) with respect to any person legally responsible for the support of
such applicants and recipients;
(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 of article three of this
chapter; [and]
(iv) with respect to the parents, the stepparents, the child and the
siblings of the child who were living in the same household as a child
who is in the custody, care and custody or custody and guardianship of a
local social services district or of the office of children and family
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 or
section three hundred eighty-four-a of this chapter was signed, provided
however, that such social services district shall only use the informa-
tion obtained pursuant to this subdivision for the purpose of determin-
ing the eligibility of such child for federal payments for foster care
and adoption assistance pursuant to the provisions of title IV-E of the
federal social security act[,];
(b) to a public agency responsible for the administration of public
assistance and care in any geographically contiguous state with which
the department has an agreement with respect to wage information pursu-
ant to paragraph (h) of subdivision three of section twenty of this
article[,];
(c) to social services districts with respect to participants in
employment [or], training [programs] OR OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO
PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY authorized pursuant to this chapter who are
current recipients of public assistance and care or who are former
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)] for
the purpose of evaluating the effect of participation in such programs
on such current and former recipients[, and];
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[(c)] (D) to the federal parent locator service, maintained by the
federal department of health and human services, as required by section
one hundred twenty-four of the federal family support act of nineteen
hundred eighty-eight, for the purpose of enabling the [department]
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE to fulfill obligations and
responsibilities otherwise incumbent upon the state department of
labor[.]; AND
[(d)] (E) to the federal social security administration or public
agency of another state with which the [department] OFFICE OF TEMPORARY
AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE has an agreement with respect to wage informa-
tion pursuant to paragraph (i) of subdivision three of section twenty of
this article.
S 7. Subdivision 3 of section 23 of the social services law, as
amended by section 2 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Information obtained by the office of temporary and disability
assistance from the wage reporting system operated by the state depart-
ment of taxation and finance shall be considered confidential and shall
not be disclosed to persons or agencies other than those considered
entitled to such information when such disclosure is necessary for the
proper administration of [programs of] public assistance and care [or
for the proper administration] PROGRAMS, of the child support program
pursuant to title six-A of article three of this chapter, or of eligi-
bility assessments of children for federal payments for foster care and
adoption assistance pursuant to the provisions of title IV-E of the
federal social security act. For the purpose of this subdivision, any
disclosure made pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be
considered necessary for the proper administration of [programs of]
public assistance and care PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ASSESSMENTS OF THE EFFEC-
TIVENESS THEREOF, OF THE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO TITLE SIX-A
OF ARTICLE THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, or of eligibility assessments of chil-
dren for federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance pursu-
ant to the provisions of title IV-E of the federal social security act;
and the federal parent locator service shall be considered an agency
entitled to such information as is necessary for the proper adminis-
tration of the child support program pursuant to title six-A of article
three of this chapter.
S 8. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 24 to
read as follows:
S 24. REPORTING OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT OUTCOMES USING WAGE
REPORTING DATA. USING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE WAGE REPORTING
SYSTEM FOR NEW YORK STATE AND FOR EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, THE
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE SHALL POST ON ITS WEBSITE
ON A QUARTERLY BASIS:
1. THE PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER WITH EARNINGS DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE AVERAGE
AMOUNT OF THE EARNINGS;
2. THE PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF PERSONS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND
OLDER LEAVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WHO HAD EARNINGS DURING THE QUARTER OF
EXIT, AND THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF THE EARNINGS;
3. THE PERCENTAGE AND NUMBER OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS WITHOUT
EARNINGS IN A QUARTER WHO HAVE EARNINGS IN THE SUBSEQUENT QUARTER, AND
THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF THE EARNINGS;
4. FOR PERSONS ENTERING EMPLOYMENT, THE PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS WITH
EARNINGS IN EACH OF THE FOUR QUARTERS FOLLOWING JOB ENTRY AND THE AVER-
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AGE CHANGE IN EARNINGS, WITH SUCH RATES REPORTED SEPARATELY FOR THOSE
LEAVING AND REMAINING ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AND
5. THE PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS LEAVING ASSISTANCE
FOR EMPLOYMENT WHO RECEIVE FOOD STAMP BENEFITS IN EACH OF THE FOUR QUAR-
TERS FOLLOWING EXIT.
S 9. The office of temporary and disability assistance shall add a
provision to its common application (LDSS 2921), at the time of its next
revision, advising applicants that the office of temporary and disabili-
ty assistance may obtain information from the wage reporting system
operated by the state department of taxation and finance regarding
applicants for, recipients of and former recipients of public assistance
and care, provided, however, that this information regarding former
recipients obtained using personal identifying information shall not be
used to recover public assistance previously provided to such recipients
and shall only be available to the office of temporary and disability
assistance and to the social services districts for a period of three
years six months after the closure of the recipient's public assistance
case and only for the purpose of evaluating such former recipient's
eligibility for transitional benefits and for the purpose of evaluating
the effectiveness of public assistance programs and employment perform-
ance when recipients leave public assistance.
S 10. In addition to quarterly reporting, the office of temporary and
disability assistance shall submit to the legislature and the governor a
final report of public assistance recipient outcomes using the wage
reporting data no later than January 1, 2013. Such report shall be made
available to the public on the website maintained by the office of
temporary and disability assistance.
S 11. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2009.
