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NY Soc Serv L § 111-S (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-S - Access to Information Containing Government and Private Records.

§  111-s.    Access to information contained in government and private records.    1.    For  the  purpose  of   establishing   paternity,   or establishing, modifying or enforcing an order of support, the department or  a  social  services  district  or its authorized representative, and child support enforcement agencies of other states established  pursuant to  title  IV-D  of  the  social  security act, without the necessity of obtaining an order from any other judicial  or  administrative  tribunal and  subject  to  safeguards  on privacy and information security, shall have access to information contained in the following records:  (a)  records of other state and local government agencies including:  (i)   vital statistics  (including  records  of  marriage,  birth  and divorce);  (ii)    state and local tax and revenue records (including information on residence address, employer, income and assets);  (iii)  records concerning real and titled personal property;  (iv)  records of occupational and professional licenses,  and  records concerning  the  ownership and control of corporations, partnerships and other business entities;  (v)  employment security records;  (vi)  records of agencies administering public assistance programs;  (vii)  records of the department of motor vehicles; and  (viii)  corrections records; and  (b)  certain records held by private corporations, companies, or other entities with respect to individuals who owe or  are  owed  support  (or against  or  with respect to whom a support obligation is being sought), consisting of:  (i)  pursuant to an administrative subpoena authorized by section  one hundred  eleven-p of this title, the names, addresses, telephone numbers and dates of birth of such individuals, and the names and  addresses  of the  employers  of such individuals, as appearing in customer records of public utilities companies and corporations, including, but not  limited to,  cable television, gas, electric, steam, and telephone companies and corporations, as defined in section two of the public service law, doing business within the state of New York; and  (ii)  information on such individuals held by financial  institutions, including information regarding assets and liabilities.   2.    Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, any government  or  private  entity  to  which  a  request  for  access   to information  is directed pursuant to subdivision one of this section, is authorized and required to comply with such  request.    To  the  extent feasible,  access  to  such  information shall be requested and provided using automated  systems.    Any  government  or  private  entity  which discloses information pursuant to this section shall not be liable under any  federal  or state law to any person for such disclosure, or for any other action taken in good faith to comply with this subdivision.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-T (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-T - Authority to Secure Assets.

§  111-t.    Authority  to secure assets.   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, for the purpose of collecting overdue  support,  shall  be authorized  in  accordance  with  all  applicable  provisions of law, to secure assets otherwise due a support obligor by:   1.  intercepting or seizing periodic or lump  sum  payments  due  such obligor from:  (a)    a  state  or local agency, including unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, and other benefits; and  (b)  judgments, settlements and lottery winnings;   2.  attaching and seizing assets of such obligors which  are  held  in financial institutions;   3.    attaching  public and private retirement funds of such obligors; and   4.  imposing liens against real and personal property  owned  by  such obligors;  and  where appropriate, forcing the sale of property owned by such  obligors  and  distributing  proceeds  from  the  sale   of   such properties.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-V (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-V - Confidentiality, Integrity, and Security of Information.

§  111-v. Confidentiality, integrity, and security of information.  1. The department, in consultation with appropriate agencies including  but not  limited to the New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence, shall by regulation prescribe and implement safeguards on  the confidentiality,  integrity,  accuracy,  access,  and  the  use  of  all confidential information and other data handled or maintained, including data obtained pursuant to section one hundred eleven-o of  this  article and  including  such  information  and  data maintained in the automated child support enforcement system. Such information  and  data  shall  be maintained  in  a  confidential  manner  designed to protect the privacy rights of the parties and shall not be disclosed except for the  purpose of,  and  to the extent necessary to, establish paternity, or establish, modify or enforce an order of support.   2. These safeguards shall include provisions for the following:  (a) Policies restricting access to  and  sharing  of  information  and data, including:  (1)  safeguards  against unauthorized use or disclosure of information relating to procedures or actions to establish paternity or to establish or enforce support;  (2) prohibitions against the release of information on the whereabouts of one party to another party against whom an order of  protection  with respect to the former party has been entered; and  (3) prohibitions against the release of information on the whereabouts of  one  party  to another party if the department has reason to believe that the release of the  information  may  result  in  the  physical  or emotional harm to the former party.  (b) Systems controls to ensure strict adherence to policies.  (c) Monitoring of access to and use of the automated system to prevent unauthorized access or use.  (d)  Training  in  security  procedures for all staff with access, and provisions of information regarding these requirements and penalties.  (e) Administrative penalties for unauthorized access,  disclosure,  or use of confidential data.   3.  If  any  person discloses confidential information in violation of this section, any individual who incurs damages due  to  the  disclosure may recover such damages in a civil action.   4.  Any  person  who  willfully releases or permits the release of any confidential information obtained pursuant to this title to  persons  or agencies  not  authorized  by  this  title  or  regulations  promulgated thereunder to receive it shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.   5. The safeguards established pursuant to this section shall apply  to staff  of  the  department,  local  social  services  districts, and any contractor.
NY Soc Serv L § 111-Y (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6-B - Services for Enforcement of Support Provided by the Department of Social Services 111-Y - Spousal Support; Crediting of Overpayments of Tax to Past-Due Support.

§ 111-y. Spousal support; crediting of overpayments of tax to past-due support.  1.  The department shall provide services for the crediting of overpayments of tax to past-due support, pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-c of the tax law, which is owed to  any  current  or  former spouse  entitled  to  enforce  an  order  of support, who applies to the department for such services, if such spouse is not eligible to  receive services  pursuant  to title six-A of this article. For purposes of this section, "order of support" means any final order, decree or judgment in a matrimonial action or family court proceeding, or any foreign  support order, decree or judgment which is registered pursuant to article 5-B of the  family court act which requires the payment of alimony, maintenance or support.   2. (a) An applicant for services under this section shall provide  the department with the following:  (i)  a  certified transcript of a money judgment for a sum certain for arrears accrued under an order of support;  (ii) a sworn statement that the order of support is no longer  subject to  appellate  judicial review and that the sum set forth as uncollected on the judgment is accurate;  (iii) the name and address of the applicant; and  (iv) the name, last known address and social security  number  of  the person  or  entity  owning  past-due support against whom a judgment has been obtained.  (b) If an application for services is rejected by the department,  the department  shall inform the applicant in writing of the reason for such rejection.   3. An applicant for services under this section shall  receive  a  pro rata  share  of  the overpayment of tax, based on the amount of past-due support owed to such applicant as certified to the tax commission by the department pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-c of the tax law, in cases where the individual, estate or trust owing past-due support to such applicant owes past-due support to other  persons  or  entities  so certified to the tax commission by the department.   4.  The  department shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including regulations as to the date by which an applicant for services  under  this  section  shall provide  the  department with the information and documentation required in subdivision two of this section.
NY Soc Serv L § 112 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 7 - Local Personnel Training; Research and Demonstration Projects; Special State Reimbursement 112 - Local Personnel Training.

§  112.  Local personnel training.  Each public welfare district shall   make provision, with the assistance and cooperation of  the  department,   for  suitable  training  of  employees of its welfare department.   Such   provision shall include such of the  following  as  the  department  may   approve  or require for such district:  employment of qualified training   directors and/or teachers; the granting of scholarships and fellowships;   continuing salaries of employees while undergoing training, pursuant  to   section   thirty;   contracting  with  approved  schools,  colleges  and   universities for  courses  of  instruction  and/or  classes  or  special   classes; sponsoring, conducting and participating in seminars, workshops   and meetings and allowing or requiring attendance of selected employees;   payment of stipends and expenses, within prescribed limits, of employees   undergoing training.
NY Soc Serv L § 113 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 7 - Local Personnel Training; Research and Demonstration Projects; Special State Reimbursement 113 - Participation in Research and Demonstration Projects.

§  113.  Participation in research and demonstration projects.  Public   welfare districts are authorized to sponsor, conduct and participate  in   the  operation  of  such  research  and  demonstration  projects  as the   department may approve, for  the  purpose  of  reducing  dependency  and   eliminating   the  causes  thereof.    Public  welfare  districts  shall   cooperate with the department in the conduct of such  projects  whenever   the   department   shall  request  or  require  such  participation  and   cooperation.
NY Soc Serv L § 114 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 7 - Local Personnel Training; Research and Demonstration Projects; Special State Reimbursement 114 - Special State Reimbursement.

§  114.    Special state reimbursement.  Any inconsistent provision of sections one hundred  fifty-three,  two  hundred  fifty-seven  or  other provisions  of this chapter notwithstanding, expenditures made by public welfare districts for salaries of qualified training directors  pursuant to  section  one  hundred  twelve and for salaries of employees while on educational leave pursuant to section  thirty  and  one  hundred  twelve shall, if approved by the department, be subject to reimbursement by the state in accordance with the regulations of the department as follows:   there shall be paid to each such district  (a)    the amount of federal funds, if any, properly received or to be received on account of such expenditures;  (b)  the full amount expended for such purposes, after first deducting therefrom any federal funds properly  received  or  to  be  received  on account thereof.
NY Soc Serv L § 115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 7 - Local Personnel Training; Research and Demonstration Projects; Special State Reimbursement 115 - Training and Utilization of Volunteers.

§  115.    Training  and  utilization  of volunteers.   Subject to the approval of the department, public welfare districts are  authorized  to sponsor   and   conduct  programs  for  the  recruitment,  training  and utilization of volunteers to assist welfare district  employees  in  the performance  of  office  duties  and  to  aid  in performing services in welfare districts including but not limited to the following:  (a)  friendly visiting of the indigent aged;  (b)  finding homes for foster children;  (c)   escorting and  transporting  recipients  to  clinics  and  other destinations;  (d)  aiding in location of improved housing;  (e)    teaching  homemaking skills and aiding in budgeting and care of the household;  (f)  providing tutoring and other educational aid; and  (g)   giving information,  screening  requests  and  performing  other services in waiting rooms of welfare centers.
NY Soc Serv L § 116 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 7-B - Chief Executive Officers of Local Welfare Departments: Appointment 116 - Chief Executive Officers of Local Welfare Departments; Qualifications; Appointment and Removal; Term.

§  116.    Chief  executive  officers  of  local  welfare departments; qualifications; appointment and removal; term.   1.    Any  inconsistent provision  of  law, notwithstanding, the position of the chief executive officer of a county or city social services department, whether referred to as commissioner or by other title, shall be  in  the  non-competitive class  of  the civil service, except any which is or may hereafter be in the  competitive  class.    Appointments  to  such  positions   in   the non-competitive class shall be for terms of five years and shall be made by  the  appropriate county or city body or officer.  However, no person may be appointed to or serve in any such position who does not meet  the minimum  qualifications  required  therefor by the state commissioner of social services pursuant to section seventeen.   2.   Any inconsistent provision of law,  general,  special  or  local, notwithstanding,  the chief executive officer of a county or city social services department shall also be subject  to  removal  or  sanction  in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter.   3.  As used in subdivision one "the appropriate county or city body or officer" shall mean and refer:  (a)    in  the  case of a county, to the board of supervisors thereof, except when the county has a county executive, county president,  county manager  or  other  officer  or  board  authorized  to  appoint heads of administrative departments or the chief executive officer of the  social services  department,  in  which  case  it  shall  mean  such executive, president, manager, other officer or board;  (b)  in the case of a city, to the mayor, manager, other  officer,  or the  board  having  authority  to  appoint department heads or the chief executive officer of the social services department.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-AAA (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-AAA - Availability of Adverse Childhood Experiences Services.

* §  131-aaa.  Availability of adverse childhood experiences services.   Each local social services district shall be required to make  available   to  applicants  and  recipients  of  public assistance who are a parent,   guardian,  custodian  or  otherwise  responsible  for  a  child's  care,   educational  materials  developed pursuant to subdivision two of section   three hundred seventy-c of this article to educate  them  about  adverse   childhood  experiences,  the  importance  of  protective factors and the   availability of services for children at  risk  for  or  suffering  from   adverse  childhood  experiences.  The  educational materials may be made   available electronically and shall be offered at the time of application   and recertification.* NB Effective April 1, 2022
NY Soc Serv L § 131-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-B - Fees for Services.

§    131-b.    Fees  for  services.    If  and  only to the extent the   imposition of a fee is required by federal law and regulation to  insure   continued  full  federal financial participation in the state's plan for   services under applicable federal law and  regulations,  the  department   shall, by regulation, require a local social services district to impose   a  fee  for any service made available by that district to an individual   who is not a recipient of public assistance  and  care.    This  section   shall  not  apply  to  fees for day care services as authorized by title   five of article six of this chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-C - Inclusion of Parents and Siblings of a Minor in the Public Assistance Household.

§  131-c.  Inclusion  of parents and siblings of a minor in the public   assistance household. 1. For the purposes of determining eligibility for   and the amount of  assistance  payable,  the  social  services  district   shall,  when  a  minor  is  named as an applicant for public assistance,   require that his or her parents and  minor  brothers  and  sisters  also   apply  for  assistance  and be included in the household for purposes of   determining eligibility and grant amounts, if such individuals reside in   the same dwelling unit as the minor applying for assistance. Any  income   of  or  available  for  such  parents, brothers and sisters which is not   disregarded under subdivision eight of section one hundred  thirty-one-a   of  this  article,  shall be considered available to such household. The   provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to  individuals  who  are   recipients   of   federal   supplemental  security  income  benefits  or   additional state payments pursuant to this chapter,  or  to  individuals   whose relationship to the minor is that of stepbrother or stepsister, or   to any other individuals whose needs are excluded pursuant to department   regulations consistent with federal law and regulations.2.  For  the purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of   assistance payable, the social services district shall deem available to   any minor whose parent or legal guardian is a minor, any income  of  the   parent or legal guardian of such minor parent or legal guardian residing   in  the  same  dwelling  unit,  to  the same extent that the income of a   stepparent would be included pursuant to subdivision nine of section one   hundred thirty-one-a of this article.3. For the purposes of this section a minor is a child under  the  age   of eighteen.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-D - Substance Abuse Rehabilitative and Preventive Services.

§ 131-d. Substance abuse rehabilitative and preventive services.1.   Any   inconsistent   provision  of  this  chapter  or  other  law   notwithstanding, social services officials shall provide substance abuse   services, to eligible  needy  substance  abusers  and  persons  who  are   substance dependent, under aid to dependent children, in accordance with   regulations  of  the  department,  if  and  so  long  as  federal aid is   available therefor.2. Each social services official shall provide  such  services  either   directly  or  by  purchase  from  a public or private non-profit agency;   provided, however, that such services are approved by the state division   of substance abuse  services  and  that  any  facility  furnishing  such   services  is  supervised and approved by the state division of substance   abuse services.3. If and so  long  as  federal  funds  are  available  therefor,  the   department shall be responsible for providing eligible services pursuant   to  this  section,  provided,  however, such services shall be furnished   through a cooperative agreement with the  state  division  of  substance   abuse  services.  Provided, further that the scope of the responsibility   of the department hereunder shall not extend beyond the authorization of   such division to  furnish  such  services  either  directly  or  through   contract.4.  There shall be such cooperative agreements, between the department   and the state division of substance abuse services and other appropriate   state departments and agencies as shall  be  necessary  to  assure  that   there  will  be  a  maximum  utilization  of existing rehabilitative and   preventive services and that the purposes and objectives of this section   will be effectively accomplished.5. Any inconsistent provision  of  law  notwithstanding,  expenditures   made  by  a  social services official under this section shall be deemed   expenditures for and administration of public assistance and  care,  and   shall  be  subject  to reimbursement by the state in accordance with the   provisions of section one hundred fifty-three of this chapter.
NY Soc Serv L § 131-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 1 - General Provisions 131-E - Family Planning Services.

§ 131-e.  Family planning services.  Each social services commissioner   shall  require  that  appropriate members of his staff personally advise   eligible needy  persons  periodically  of  the  availability  at  public   expense  of family planning services for the prevention of pregnancy and   inquire whether such persons desire to have such services  furnished  to   them.    In  those  cases where such services are desired, they shall be   made available at public expense under appropriate  provisions  of  this   chapter.    Nothing  herein  shall  be construed, however, to require or   permit coercion of such persons to request or  receive  family  planning   services.