File #: Int 0028-2024    Version: Name: Establishing a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the city’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on General Welfare
On agenda: 2/8/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the city's use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility
Sponsors: Amanda Farías, Farah N. Louis, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Eric Dinowitz, Lynn C. Schulman, Carlina Rivera , Shaun Abreu
Council Member Sponsors: 7
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to establish a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the City’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility. Such a system would enable DSS to access current employment and income verifications through a real-time, automated verification service provided by a third-party. This service would streamline the secure transfer of information and benefit applicants by reducing administrative burdens and creating an accelerated decision process on whether an applicant is eligible for a particular benefit, with the goal of having faster application review times, reducing case backlogs, and detecting instances of fraud in real-time. If enacted, the bill would take effect immediately.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 28-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 28, 3. Int. No. 28, 4. February 8, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-8-24, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 8, 2024, 7. Committee Report 5/29/24, 8. Hearing Testimony 5/29/24, 9. Hearing Transcript 5/29/24, 10. Proposed Int. No. 28-A - 6/14/24

Proposed Int. No. 28-A

 

By Council Members Farías, Louis, Gutiérrez, Dinowitz, Schulman, Rivera and Abreu

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a system to obtain employment and income information from a third-party for the city’s use in making determinations for benefits and services eligibility

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-153 to read as follows:

§ 21-153 Third-party verification to determine benefits and services eligibility. In consultation with any other agency the commissioner deems appropriate, the commissioner shall establish, no later than December 31, 2024, a system to obtain employment and income information from a consumer reporting agency, in accordance with subchapter 3 of chapter 41 of title 15 of the United States code, for the purpose of determining eligibility of persons for benefits and services administered by the department. In carrying out the requirements of this section, the department shall comply with all applicable provisions of federal, state, or local law relating to the privacy of information.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

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