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- Referred to social services
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BILL NUMBER:A10562
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law and the tax law, in relation to applications for public assistance for minor children
Purpose or general idea of bill
Requires that certain tax information be disclosed when there is an application for public assistance for a minor child.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends Section 21 of the Social Services Law to provide a new subdivision 9 to require the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance to make information available to the welfare management system regarding the identity of persons claiming a minor child as a dependent when an application for public assistance has been made for the minor child; and requiring the Office of Children and Family Services or the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance to provide information for each minor child to the Department of Taxa- tion and Finance and to request information form such department regard- ing the identity of persons claiming the minor child as a dependent for taxation purposes.
Section 2 amends the tax law by adding a new Section 171-u to require the availability of tax status of a minor child for whom an application for public assistance has been made.
Section 3 sets the effective date.
Justification
It is an all too common practice in New York State that a custodial parent of a minor will obtain welfare benefits while claim- ing not to know, or know the whereabouts of, the other, noncustodial, parent even while the non-custodial parent claims the minor child on his or her tax returns. While cross referencing tax records is done for child support enforcement, it is not done for public assistance, provid- ing easy opportunity for this sort of welfare fraud. The fact that this practice is in place for child support enforcement also indicates that such an information sharing arrangement is achievable.
Prior legislative history
New legislation.
Fiscal implications
While the argument can be made that any new responsibility mandated to state agencies comes with a cost, the simple sharing of information that will result in a reduction of social services benefits payments as a result of fraud will result in a cost savings to the state.
Effective date
Immediately.
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