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NY Soc Serv L § 109 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 109 - Trust Funds to Be Established.

§  109.    Trust  funds to be established.   A public welfare official   shall deposit any  funds  received  from  the  seizure  of  property  or   collection  of  penalties for the support of a living person.  Such fund   shall, as provided in section eighty-seven, be held and used  upon  such   terms  as the court shall direct for the benefit of such person.  If the   beneficiary of the fund is a minor, the court  may  require  the  public   welfare official to give security and to report.
NY Soc Serv L § 110-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 110-A - Special Provisions for Legal Services to Enforce Support to Recover Costs of Public Assistance and Care and to Establish Paternity.

§  110-a.  Special provisions for legal services to enforce support to   recover costs of public assistance and care and to establish  paternity.   1.  Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, the appropriating   body  of a social services district may authorize and make provision for   the social services commissioner  of  such  district  to  obtain:    (a)   necessary legal services on a fee for service basis or other appropriate   basis  which  the department may approve, to obtain support from spouses   and parents, to recover costs of public assistance and care granted,  to   establish  paternity,  and to initiate and prosecute proceedings for the   commitment of the guardianship and custody  of  destitute  or  dependent   children  to  authorized  agencies,  pursuant  to the provisions of this   chapter and the domestic relations law, the family court act  and  other   laws,  and  (b)  necessary  services  of private investigators, licensed   pursuant to section seventy of the general business law, on  a  fee  for   service  or other appropriate basis which the department may approve, to   provide investigative assistance in efforts of the  district  to  locate   absent parents and fathers of children born out of wedlock.2.    Expenditures made by a social services district for the costs of   such services shall be subject to reimbursement by the state pursuant to   the provisions of section one hundred fifty-three or  other  appropriate   provisions of this chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 110-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 110-B - Recovery From a Person Discovered to Have Property; Notice.

* § 110-b. Recovery from a person discovered to have property; notice.   Notwithstanding  any  law,  rule  or  regulation  to  the  contrary,  an   applicant for public assistance shall be fully informed in writing  that   he  or  she  may  be liable to reimburse the state for public assistance   benefits received, as provided for in this title. Notice may be given as   part of an informational booklet promulgated by the office of  temporary   and  disability  services  and  as  a  standalone document on his or her   rights and responsibilities. Nothing in this section shall be deemed  to   prevent  the local social services district from maintaining its records   electronically.* NB Effective June 30, 2022
NY Soc Serv L § 111 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 111 - Functions of the Department.

§ 111.  Functions of the department.  To assist welfare departments to   carry  out  their  responsibilities,  powers  and  duties to enforce the   liability of persons for the support of certain of their dependents  who   are applicants for or recipients of public assistance or care or who are   in  receipt  of  child  support services pursuant to section one hundred   eleven-g of this chapter, the department shall:1.    Continue  to  act  as,  and  perform  the  functions  of,  state   information  agent  for  the  purposes  of the uniform interstate family   support act of this state (article 5-B of  the  family  court  act)  and   reciprocal laws of other states.2.    As  required  by section three hundred seventy-two-a, aid in the   location of deserting parents and, for such purpose, operate  a  central   registry of deserting parents, obtain and transmit pertinent information   and  data  from public officials and agencies and assist in the training   of local personnel employed to locate such parents.3.   Stimulate and  encourage  cooperation,  through  the  holding  of   meetings  and  the  exchange  of  information,  between and among public   officials, law enforcement agencies and courts having powers and  duties   relating  to the enforcement of the liability of persons for the support   of indigent members of their families, including cooperation with public   officials, agencies and courts of other states.4.  Upon request, or when required to do so  by  other  provisions  of   law,   advise   such  officials  in  the  performance  of  their  duties   hereinabove referred to.5.  Develop or assist in the development of appropriate forms, guides,   manuals, handbooks and other material which may be necessary  or  useful   effectively to accomplish the foregoing and the purposes therefor.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-A - Federal Aid; State Plan.

§    111-a.    Federal aid; state plan.   1.  The department is hereby   designated as the single state agency to supervise the administration of   the state's child support program provided for  by  this  title,  and  a   single  organizational  unit  shall be established within the department   for such purposes.2.  The department shall develop and  submit  a  state  child  support   program  plan  as  required  by part D of title IV of the federal social   security act to the federal department of health, education and  welfare   for  approval  pursuant  to  such part in order to qualify the state for   federal aid under such part.  The department shall act for the state  in   any  negotiations  relative  to the submission and approval of such plan   and shall make such arrangements as  may  be  necessary  to  obtain  and   retain  such  approval  and  to secure for the state the benefits of the   provisions of such federal act relating to child support programs.   The   department shall promulgate regulations not inconsistent with law as may   be necessary to assure that such plan conforms to the provisions of such   part  and  any  federal  regulations  adopted  pursuant  thereto.    The   department shall make all reports required by law to  be  made  to  such   federal   department   in  the  form  and  manner  required  by  federal   regulations.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-D - State Reimbursement.

§  111-d.    State  reimbursement.  1.  The  provisions of section one   hundred fifty-three of this chapter shall be applicable to  expenditures   by social services districts for activities related to the establishment   of  paternity of children born out-of-wedlock, the location of deserting   parents and the enforcement and collection of support  obligations  owed   to  recipients  of  aid  to  dependent  children  and  persons receiving   services pursuant to section one hundred eleven-g of this title.2. The local share of expenditures incurred by the department for  the   provision  of  centralized collection and disbursement services pursuant   to section one hundred eleven-h of this title shall be charged  back  to   social  services districts. The local share shall be fifty per centum of   the amount expended by the department after  first  deducting  therefrom   any  federal  funds  properly  received  or  to  be  received on account   thereof; provided, however, that a social services district's  share  of   the  costs  related  to  the  centralized  collection  and  disbursement   functions shall not exceed  those  incurred  for  the  year  immediately   preceding  implementation  of  such  functions,  except to the extent to   which those costs would have increased had centralization of  collection   and disbursement functions not occurred.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-E - Reimbursement to the State.

§    111-e.    Reimbursement to the state.  1.  A share of any support   payments collected by the social  services  official,  less  any  amount   disbursed  to  the family receiving family assistance, shall, subject to   section one hundred eleven-f, be paid  to  the  state  as  reimbursement   toward  the  amount  contributed by the state and federal governments to   assistance furnished to such family.   Such share shall  bear  the  same   ratio  to  the  amounts collected as the state and federal funds bear to   assistance granted.2.  Whenever one social services district makes collections on  behalf   of  a  person  or  family  for  whom another social services district or   another state  is  responsible  for  providing  assistance,  the  amount   collected  shall be paid to the district or such other state responsible   for providing such assistance, in accordance with the regulations of the   department.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-F - Federal Incentives.

§   111-f.   Federal  incentives.  The  department  is  authorized  to   distribute to local districts  the  full  amount  of  federal  incentive   payments received under title IV-D of the federal social security act.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-G - Availability of Paternity and Support Services.

§ 111-g. Availability of paternity and support services. 1. The office of   temporary   and  disability  assistance  and  the  social  services districts, in accordance with the regulations of the office of temporary and  disability  assistance,  shall  make  services  relating   to   the establishment  of  paternity  and  the  establishment and enforcement of support obligations available to persons not receiving family assistance upon application by  such  persons.  Such  persons  must  apply  by  (i) completing  and  signing a form as prescribed by the office of temporary and disability assistance, or (ii) filing a petition with the  court  or applying to the court in a proceeding for the establishment of paternity and/or  establishment  and/or enforcement of a support obligation, which includes a statement signed by the person  requesting  services  clearly indicating  that  such  person is applying for child support enforcement services pursuant to this title.   2.  The  office  of  temporary  and  disability  assistance  may,   by regulation,  require payment of an application fee for such services and the deduction of costs in excess of such fee from amounts  collected  on behalf of such persons.   3.  (a)  A  person who is receiving child support services pursuant to this section who has never received assistance pursuant to title IV-A of the federal social security act shall be subject to  an  annual  service fee  of thirty-five dollars for each child support case if at least five hundred fifty dollars of support  has  been  collected  in  the  federal fiscal  year.    Where  a  custodial  parent has children with different noncustodial parents, the order  payable  by  each  noncustodial  parent shall  be  a  separate child support case for the purpose of imposing an annual service fee.  The  fee  shall  be  deducted  from  child  support payments received on behalf of the individual receiving services.  (b) In international cases under section 454(32) of the federal social security  act  which  meet  the  criteria  for  imposition of the annual service fee under paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the annual  service fee  shall  be  imposed  but  may  not  be  collected  from  the country requesting services  or  a  person  living  in  another  country  unless permitted by federal law or regulation.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-I - Child Support Standards.

§  111-i.  Child  support  standards. 1. Each social services district shall ascertain the ability of an absent parent to support or contribute to the support of his or her children, in accordance with the  statewide child  support standards as set forth in subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of the family court act.   2. (a)  The  commissioner  shall  publish  annually  a  child  support standards  chart.  The  child support standards chart shall include: (i) the revised poverty income guideline for a single person as reported  by the  federal  department  of health and human services; (ii) the revised self-support reserved as defined in section two  hundred  forty  of  the domestic  relations  law;  (iii)  the  dollar  amounts  yielded  through application of the child support percentage as defined  in  section  two hundred  forty  of  the  domestic relations law and section four hundred thirteen of the family court act; and (iv) the combined parental  income amount.  (b)  The  combined  parental income amount to be reported in the child support standards chart and utilized  in  calculating  orders  of  child support  in  accordance  with  subparagraph  two  of  paragraph  (c)  of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of the family court act and subparagraph two of paragraph (c) of subdivision  one-b  of  section two   hundred  forty  of  the  domestic  relations  law  as  of  January thirty-first, two thousand  fourteen  shall  be  one  hundred  forty-one thousand dollars; provided, however, beginning March first, two thousand sixteen  and  every  two  years thereafter, the combined parental income amount shall increase by  the  sum  of  the  average  annual  percentage changes  in  the consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) as published by the United States  department  of  labor  bureau  of  labor statistics  for  the  prior two years multiplied by the current combined parental income amount and then rounded  to  the  nearest  one  thousand dollars.  (c)  The  commissioner shall publish the child support standards chart on an annual basis by April first of each year and  in  no  event  later than  forty-five days following publication of the annual poverty income guideline for a single person as reported by the federal  department  of health and human services.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-J - Interception of Unemployment Insurance Benefits.

§  111-j.  Interception of unemployment insurance benefits. 1. (a) The department shall determine on a periodic basis  whether  any  individual receiving  unemployment  insurance benefits pursuant to article eighteen of the state's labor law owes child support obligations which are  being enforced  by  the  department or the child support enforcement unit of a social services district and shall enforce any child support obligations which are owed by such individual but  are  not  being  met  through  an agreement  with  such  individual to have specific amounts withheld from such benefits otherwise payable to such individual and by  submitting  a copy of such agreement to the New York state department of labor.  (b)  In the absence of such an agreement, the department shall enforce any such child support obligations as authorized by  the  court  in  any order establishing such obligations and as otherwise provided by law.   2.  Any  amounts of unemployment insurance benefits deducted, withheld and paid over by the  department  of  labor  pursuant  to  section  five hundred  ninety-six of the labor law shall be treated as if it were paid to the person entitled to such compensation and paid by such  person  to the  department  or  appropriate  child  support  collection unit toward satisfaction of such person's child support obligations. Each agency  or district  receiving  payments  deducted by the department of labor shall reimburse that department  for  the  administrative  costs  attributable thereto.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-M - Agreement Relating to Information Obtained by the State Directory of New Hires.

§  111-m.    Agreement  relating  to information obtained by the state   directory of new hires.  The department, through the commissioner, shall   enter  into  the  agreement  provided  for  in   section   one   hundred   seventy-one-h  of  the tax law, and shall take such other actions as may   be necessary to carry out the agreement provided for in such section for   matching recipient records of public assistance and of the child support   enforcement program with information provided by employers to the  state   directory  of  new  hires  for the purposes of verifying eligibility for   such public assistance programs and for the administration of the  child   support enforcement program.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-O - Data Matches With Financial Institutions.

§ 111-o.  Data matches with financial institutions.  The department or   a  social  services district, through the commissioner, is authorized to   enter into agreements with financial institutions  as  provided  for  in   subdivision two of section four of the banking law and subsection (e) of   section  three hundred twenty of the insurance law, and is authorized to   furnish to and receive from those and any other financial  institutions,   as  defined  in paragraph one of subdivision (d) of section four hundred   sixty-nine A of the federal social security act, such information as may   be necessary to carry out the agreements provided for in section four of   the banking law and section three hundred twenty of the  insurance  law,   for the enforcement of child support orders.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-P (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-P - Authority to Issue Subpoenas.

§  111-p.   Authority to issue subpoenas.  The department or the child   support  enforcement  unit  coordinator  or  support   collection   unit   supervisor  of  a  social  services district, or his or her designee, or   another state's child support enforcement agency governed by title  IV-D   of  the  social  security  act,  shall  be  authorized, whether or not a   proceeding is currently pending, to subpoena from any person, public  or   private entity or governmental agency, and such person, entity or agency   shall  provide  any  financial  or other information needed to establish   paternity and to establish, modify or enforce any support order.   If  a   subpoena is served when a petition is not currently pending, the supreme   court  or  a  judge  of the family court may hear and decide all motions   relating to the subpoena. If the subpoena is served after a petition has   been served, the court in which the petition is  returnable  shall  hear   and  decide  all  motions  relating  to the subpoena.   Any such person,   entity, or agency shall provide the subpoenaed information by  the  date   as  specified  in  the subpoena.   Such subpoena shall be subject to the   provisions of article twenty-three of the civil practice law and  rules.   The  department  or district may impose a penalty for failure to respond   to such information subpoenas pursuant to section  twenty-three  hundred   eight of the civil practice law and rules.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-Q - Voiding of Fraudulent Transfers of Income or Property.

§  111-q.  Voiding of fraudulent transfers of income or property.  The   department  or  a  social   services   district,   or   its   authorized   representative,   after   obtaining   information   that  a  debtor  has   transferred income, property or other assets to avoid payment to a child   support creditor shall, pursuant  to  article  ten  of  the  debtor  and   creditor  law  (1)  commence  a proceeding to void such transfer; or (2)   obtain a settlement that is in the best interests of the  child  support   creditor.  Provided,  however,  that no settlement shall reduce or annul   any arrears of child support which have accrued prior  to  the  date  of   settlement.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-A - Establishment of Paternity and Enforcement of Support 111-R - Requirement to Respond to Requests for Information.

§  111-r.    Requirement  to respond to requests for information.  All   employers, as defined in section one hundred eleven-m  of  this  article   (including  for-profit,  not-for-profit and governmental employers), are   required to provide information promptly on the employment, compensation   and benefits of any individual employed by such employer as an  employee   or  contractor, when the department or a social services district or its   authorized representative, or another state's child support  enforcement   agency  governed by title IV-D of the social security act, requests such   information for the purpose of establishing paternity, or  establishing,   modifying  or  enforcing  an order of support.   To the extent feasible,   such  information  shall  be  requested  and  provided  using  automated   systems, and shall include, but is not limited to, information regarding   the  individual's  last  known  address,  date of birth, social security   number, plans  providing  health  care  or  other  medical  benefits  by   insurance  or  otherwise,  wages,  salaries, earnings or other income of   such individual.   Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law  to  the   contrary,  such  officials  are not required to obtain an order from any   judicial or administrative tribunal in order to request or receive  such   information.  The department shall be authorized to impose a penalty for   failure  to  respond  to  such  requests  of five hundred dollars for an   initial failure and seven hundred dollars for the second and  subsequent   failure.