N.Y. Social Services Law § 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.