NY Soc Serv L § 131-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-AA - Monthly Statistical Reports.

§  131-aa. Monthly statistical reports. 1. Reporting requirements. The commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance  shall issue, within sixty days of the end of each month, a monthly statistical report  containing  each  of  the  tables in the March two thousand four Temporary and Disability assistance statistics report as provided on the office of temporary and disability assistance website. Such report shall also include aggregate total claims for both New York city and the  rest of  the state related to temporary and disability assistance not already included  in  the  March  2004  Temporary  and   Disability   Assistance Statistics  report as provided on the office of temporary and disability assistance website. The commissioner may  also  include  similar  tables containing  statistical  information  including,  but  not  limited  to, temporary and disability assistance  claims  on  emergency  child  care, family  shelter,  shelter  for  victims  of  domestic violence, eviction prevention including, but not limited to, security deposits and  brokers fees,  supplemental  claims,  cancellations  or refunds, drug or alcohol treatment, and increased costs associated  with  cases  for  individuals with  AIDS.  The  commissioner  may  also  include any other statistical information related to temporary and disability assistance  that  he  or she  deems  to be appropriate. The commissioner shall also, within sixty days of the completion of each quarter of the state fiscal  year,  issue an update of monthly temporary and disability assistance claims for each of  the  previous  twenty-four months based on actual claims received by the end of such quarter; provided, however,  the  update  following  the third  quarter of the state fiscal year shall be completed within thirty days. Such update shall include the  total  number  of  recipients,  the monthly  average  payment, and total claims, received by the end of such quarter, for New York city, the rest  of  the  state,  and  total  state claims.   2.  Additional  reporting requirements. In addition to the information required to be included in the monthly statistical  report  pursuant  to subdivision  one  of  this  section,  the  commissioner of the office of temporary and  disability  assistance  shall  include  in  such  monthly statistical report detailed tables with comprehensive data for federally participating  family  assistance  and  safety  net  cases,  safety  net non-maintenance of effort cases, and safety net  maintenance  of  effort cases,  for  each  county  and New York city, according to the following categories:  (a) Work participation rates.  A  statistical  table  containing  data related  to  federally  required work participation rates including, but not  limited  to,  the  numerator  applied  to  the   required   federal calculation  for  work  participation and the denominator applied to the federal calculation for work participation; and  any  other  information that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.  (b)  Earned income. A statistical table containing data related to the aggregate  amount  of  earned  income  reported  by  public   assistance recipients  including,  but not limited to, aggregate earned income used in the calculation of public assistance benefits, both before and  after the  earnings disregard is applied to such benefits, the number of cases for which earned income is applied to the calculation of such  benefits, both  before and after the earnings disregard, and any other information that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.  (c) Sanctioned cases. A statistical table containing data  related  to the  number of cases in sanction status and the reason for such sanction including, but not limited to, the number of sanctioned  cases  included in  the federal work participation calculation, the number of sanctioned cases not included in the federal work  participation  calculation,  and any other information that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.  (d)  Home  energy  assistance  program (HEAP). For each county and New York city, a statistical table containing data related to the allocation of federal and state monies for the HEAP  program  and  the  number  and dollar  amount  of  benefits provided including, but not limited to, the number,  dollar  amount  and  average  dollar  amount of regular autopay benefits, regular non-autopay benefits, emergency  benefits,  allocation for   administrative   costs,   and   any  other  information  that  the commissioner deems to be appropriate.   3. Upon issuance, the reports required by this section shall be posted on the office of temporary and disability assistance website, and  shall also  be  submitted  by  the commissioner to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair  of  the senate  finance  committee  and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee.