N.Y. BNK Law § 4 — New York Code / Act BNK / Article 1 / Section 4
Information to be given to social services officials, state department of social services, state department of mental hygiene, the mental...
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§ 4. Information to be given to social services officials, state\ndepartment of social services, state department of mental hygiene, the\nmental hygiene legal service, representatives of boards of child welfare\nand children's court by banking organizations. 1. If requested by an\nauthorized representative of the state department of mental hygiene, the\nmental hygiene legal service, or of the state department of social\nservices, or by the authorities charged with the duty of administering\nlaws relating to public assistance or care or hospital care at public\nexpense in any town, city or county, the officials of any banking\norganization shall furnish to such representative such information as\nsuch officials have as to whether any inmate of any state institution,\nor any applicant for or any person who is or was a recipient of hospital\ncare at public expense, or any applicant for or any person who is or was\na recipient of any form of public assistance or care under the social\nservices law, named in such request or the husband or wife, or other\nrelative legally responsible for the support of such inmate, applicant,\nor recipient has or had funds, securities or other property on deposit\nor in the custody of such banking organization, and the amount or\nprobable value thereof.\n  2. If requested by an authorized representative of the state office of\ntemporary and disability assistance, or a social services district child\nsupport enforcement unit established pursuant to section one hundred\neleven-c of the social services law, the officials of any financial\ninstitution, as defined in paragraph one of subdivision (d) of section\nfour hundred sixty-nine A of the federal social security act, shall\nenter into an agreement with the state office of temporary and\ndisability assistance or a social services district child support\nenforcement unit to develop and operate a data match system, using\nautomated data exchanges to the maximum extent feasible, in which each\nsuch financial institution shall provide for each calendar quarter the\nname, record address, social security number or other taxpayer\nidentification number, and other identifying information for each\nindividual who maintains a demand deposit account, checking or\nnegotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit\naccount, or money-market mutual fund account at such institution and who\nowes past-due support, as identified by the state office of temporary\nand disability assistance or a social services district child support\nenforcement unit by name and social security number or other taxpayer\nidentification number. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the\nauthority of a local social services district support collection unit\npursuant to section one hundred eleven-h of the social services law.\n  3. No financial institution which discloses information pursuant to\nsubdivision two of this section, or discloses any financial record to\nthe state office of temporary and disability assistance or a child\nsupport enforcement unit of a social services district for the purpose\nof enforcing a child support obligation of such person, shall be liable\nunder any law to any person for such disclosure, or for any other action\ntaken in good faith to comply with subdivision two of this section.\n