N.Y. SOS Law § 23 — New York Code / Act SOS / Article 2 / Section 23
Wage reporting system
Status: in_force

§ 23. Wage reporting system. 1. The department is authorized to\nprovide information obtained from the wage reporting system as operated\nby the state department of taxation and finance:\n  (a) to social services districts:\n  (i) with respect to applicants for and recipients of public assistance\nand care or other benefits pursuant to this chapter for which such\ndistricts are responsible;\n  (ii) with respect to any person legally responsible for the support of\nsuch applicants and recipients;\n  (iii) with respect to any person legally responsible for the support\nof a recipient of services under section one hundred eleven-g of this\nchapter or to any agent of any entity that is under contract with the\nchild support program pursuant to title six-A of article three of this\nchapter; and\n  (iv) with respect to the parents, the stepparents, the child and the\nsiblings of the child who were living in the same household as a child\nwho is in the custody, care and custody or custody and guardianship of a\nlocal social services district or of the office of children and family\nservices during the month that the court proceedings leading to the\nchild's removal from the household were initiated, or the written\ninstrument transferring care and custody of the child pursuant to the\nprovisions of section three hundred fifty-eight-a of this chapter or\nsection three hundred eighty-four-a of this chapter was signed, provided\nhowever, that such social services district shall only use the\ninformation obtained pursuant to this subdivision for the purpose of\ndetermining the eligibility of such child for federal payments for\nfoster care and adoption assistance pursuant to the provisions of title\nIV-E of the federal social security act,\n  (b) to a public agency responsible for the administration of public\nassistance and care in any geographically contiguous state with which\nthe department has an agreement with respect to wage information\npursuant to paragraph (h) of subdivision three of section twenty of this\narticle,\n  * (c) to social services districts with respect to participants in\nemployment or training programs authorized pursuant to this chapter who\nare current recipients of public assistance and care or who are former\nrecipients of public assistance and care, (except that with regard to\nformer recipients, information which relates to a particular former\nrecipient shall be provided with client identifying data deleted) for\nthe purpose of evaluating the effect of participation in such programs\non such current and former recipients, and\n  * NB There are 2 par (c)'s\n  * (c) to the federal parent locator service, maintained by the federal\ndepartment of health and human services, as required by section one\nhundred twenty-four of the federal family support act of nineteen\nhundred eighty-eight, for the purpose of enabling the department to\nfulfill obligations and responsibilities otherwise incumbent upon the\nstate department of labor.\n  * NB There are 2 par (c)'s\n  (d) to the federal social security administration or public agency of\nanother state with which the department has an agreement with respect to\nwage information pursuant to paragraph (i) of subdivision three of\nsection twenty of this article.\n  2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department, upon\nrequest by the office of welfare inspector general, shall provide said\noffice with such information it receives from the wage reporting system\noperated by the department of taxation and finance that the office of\nwelfare inspector general deems necessary to carry out its functions and\nduties under article four of the executive law.\n  3. Information obtained by the office of temporary and disability\nassistance from the wage reporting system operated by the state\ndepartment of taxation and finance shall be considered confidential and\nshall not be disclosed to persons or agencies other than those\nconsidered entitled to such information when such disclosure is\nnecessary for the proper administration of programs of public assistance\nand care or for the proper administration of the child support program\npursuant to title six-A of article three of this chapter, or of\neligibility assessments of children for federal payments for foster care\nand adoption assistance pursuant to the provisions of title IV-E of the\nfederal social security act. For the purpose of this subdivision, any\ndisclosure made pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall be\nconsidered necessary for the proper administration of programs of public\nassistance and care, or of eligibility assessments of children for\nfederal payments for foster care and adoption assistance pursuant to the\nprovisions of title IV-E of the federal social security act; and the\nfederal parent locator service shall be considered an agency entitled to\nsuch information as is necessary for the proper administration of the\nchild support program pursuant to title six-A of article three of this\nchapter.\n