What's happening
This bill allows county, city, and town social services departments access to death certificate information for benefit and assistance administration.
Why it matters
Helps prevent fraud and improper payments. by ensuring local social services departments can quickly verify deaths, reducing the risk of benefits being paid to deceased individuals.
Improves efficiency for local agencies. by giving them direct access to death certificate information, which can streamline case management and eligibility determinations for various assistance programs.
Protects public resources. as timely access to death data helps social services departments recover or halt unnecessary payments, ultimately saving taxpayer money.
Aligns state and local procedures. with federal practices, closing gaps that might otherwise allow errors or abuse in benefit administration at the local level.
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Allow Social Services Death Records
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- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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Let Social Services See Death Records
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
S. 4822 A. 6326
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
March 2, 2017
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to agreements to provide county, city and town social services departments with access to death certificates
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 4174 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
5. (a) The United States social security administration or a county commissioner of social services, city commissioner of social services, town social services officer or city social services officer as defined in subdivision fourteen of section two of the social services law may obtain information from death certificates needed in the administration of old-age and survivors insurance benefits laws and the administration of assistance or care as referenced in section one hundred six of the social services law, subject to the provisions of any contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
(b) In addition, the commissioner or any person authorized by the commissioner is authorized and directed to enter into [a contract] contracts to furnish the federal secretary of health and human services, a county commissioner of social services, city commissioner of social services, town social services officer or city social services officer as defined in subdivision fourteen of section two of the social services law with information concerning individuals with respect to whom death certificates have been officially filed with the commissioner. Such
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08097-01-7
S. 4822 2 A. 6326
[contract] contracts shall not include any restriction on the use of information obtained by such secretary, commissioners or officers pursuant to such [contract] contracts, except that such [contract] contracts may provide that such information is only to be used by the secretary (or any other federal agency), commissioners or officers (or any other county agencies or town offices) for purposes of ensuring that federal benefits or other payments are not erroneously paid to deceased individuals or to enable such commissioners or officers to perform their duties pursuant to section one hundred six of the social services law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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