§ 131-AA — Monthly statistical reports

§ 131-aa. Monthly statistical reports. 1. Reporting requirements. The\ncommissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance shall\nissue, within sixty days of the end of each month, a monthly statistical\nreport containing each of the tables in the March two thousand four\nTemporary and Disability assistance statistics report as provided on the\noffice of temporary and disability assistance website. Such report shall\nalso include aggregate total claims for both New York city and the rest\nof the state related to temporary and disability assistance not already\nincluded in the March 2004 Temporary and Disability Assistance\nStatistics report as provided on the office of temporary and disability\nassistance website. The commissioner may also include similar tables\ncontaining statistical information including, but not limited to,\ntemporary and disability assistance claims on emergency child care,\nfamily shelter, shelter for victims of domestic violence, eviction\nprevention including, but not limited to, security deposits and brokers\nfees, supplemental claims, cancellations or refunds, drug or alcohol\ntreatment, and increased costs associated with cases for individuals\nwith AIDS. The commissioner may also include any other statistical\ninformation related to temporary and disability assistance that he or\nshe deems to be appropriate. The commissioner shall also, within sixty\ndays of the completion of each quarter of the state fiscal year, issue\nan update of monthly temporary and disability assistance claims for each\nof the previous twenty-four months based on actual claims received by\nthe end of such quarter; provided, however, the update following the\nthird quarter of the state fiscal year shall be completed within thirty\ndays. Such update shall include the total number of recipients, the\nmonthly average payment, and total claims, received by the end of such\nquarter, for New York city, the rest of the state, and total state\nclaims.\n 2. Additional reporting requirements. In addition to the information\nrequired to be included in the monthly statistical report pursuant to\nsubdivision one of this section, the commissioner of the office of\ntemporary and disability assistance shall include in such monthly\nstatistical report detailed tables with comprehensive data for federally\nparticipating family assistance and safety net cases, safety net\nnon-maintenance of effort cases, and safety net maintenance of effort\ncases, for each county and New York city, according to the following\ncategories:\n (a) Work participation rates. A statistical table containing data\nrelated to federally required work participation rates including, but\nnot limited to, the numerator applied to the required federal\ncalculation for work participation and the denominator applied to the\nfederal calculation for work participation; and any other information\nthat the commissioner deems to be appropriate.\n (b) Earned income. A statistical table containing data related to the\naggregate amount of earned income reported by public assistance\nrecipients including, but not limited to, aggregate earned income used\nin the calculation of public assistance benefits, both before and after\nthe earnings disregard is applied to such benefits, the number of cases\nfor which earned income is applied to the calculation of such benefits,\nboth before and after the earnings disregard, and any other information\nthat the commissioner deems to be appropriate.\n (c) Sanctioned cases. A statistical table containing data related to\nthe number of cases in sanction status and the reason for such sanction\nincluding, but not limited to, the number of sanctioned cases included\nin the federal work participation calculation, the number of sanctioned\ncases not included in the federal work participation calculation, and\nany other information that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.\n (d) Home energy assistance program (HEAP). For each county and New\nYork city, a statistical table containing data related to the allocation\nof federal and state monies for the HEAP program and the number and\ndollar amount of benefits provided including, but not limited to, the\nnumber, dollar amount and average dollar amount of regular autopay\nbenefits, regular non-autopay benefits, emergency benefits, allocation\nfor administrative costs, and any other information that the\ncommissioner deems to be appropriate.\n 3. Upon issuance, the reports required by this section shall be posted\non the office of temporary and disability assistance website, and shall\nalso be submitted by the commissioner to the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the\nsenate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means\ncommittee.\n