N.Y. Social Services Law § 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.