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N.Y. Social Services Law § 1 Short title
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§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the social services\nlaw.\n
N.Y. Social Services Law § 101 Liability of relatives to support
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§ 101. Liability of relatives to support. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, the spouse or parent of a recipient of public assistance or care or of a person liable to become in need thereof shall, if of sufficient ability, be responsible for the support of such person, prov…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 101-A Proceedings to compel support by persons in need thereof
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§ 101-a. Proceedings to compel support by persons in need thereof. A recipient of public assistance or care or a person liable to become in need thereof may bring proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person responsible for his or her support as provided i…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 102 Powers of public welfare officials to bring and defend suits
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§ 102. Powers of public welfare officials to bring and defend suits. A public welfare official responsible, by or pursuant to any provision of this chapter, for the administration of the public assistance or care granted or applied for is empowered to bring proceedings in a cour…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 103 Seizure of property of persons liable for support
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§ 103. Seizure of property of persons liable for support. The responsible public welfare official may apply to a court having jurisdiction in actions involving an amount equal to the value of property to be seized for a warrant to seize the real or personal estate of a person wh…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 104 Recovery from a person discovered to have property
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§ 104. Recovery from a person discovered to have property. 1. A public\nwelfare official may bring action or proceeding against a person\ndiscovered to have real or personal property, or against the estate or\nthe executors, administrators and successors in interest of a person …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 104-A Transfer of property for the purpose of qualifying for assistance; presumption
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§ 104-a. Transfer of property for the purpose of qualifying for assistance; presumption. For the purposes of the provisions of this chapter disqualifying a person from eligibility for a category of public assistance or care by reason of his voluntary transfer of property, a tran…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 104-B Liens for public assistance and care on claims and suits for personal injuries
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§ 104-b. Liens for public assistance and care on claims and suits for\npersonal injuries. 1. If a recipient of public assistance and care shall\nhave a right of action, suit, claim, counterclaim or demand against\nanother on account of any personal injuries suffered by such reci…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 105 Claim on insurance
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§ 105. Claim on insurance. If a person, who has received public assistance or care, shall die leaving insurance, and the estate of the assured is named as beneficiary, or no beneficiary is named, the social services official shall be entitled to a preferred claim to be paid out …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 106-A Exemption from payment of fees for instruments affecting real or personal property; exemption of mortgages from mortgage recording tax
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§ 106-a. Exemption from payment of fees for instruments affecting real or personal property; exemption of mortgages from mortgage recording tax. Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, a social services official shall not be required to pay any fee to any clerk, regis…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 106-B Adjustment for incorrect payments
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§ 106-b. Adjustment for incorrect payments. Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, a social services official shall, in accordance with the regulations of the department and consistent with federal law and regulations, take all necessary steps to correct any overpaym…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 106-C Crediting of overpayment of tax to obligation of public assistance recipients
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§ 106-c. Crediting of overpayment of tax to obligation of public assistance recipients. 1. The commissioner shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner of taxation and finance which shall set forth the procedures for the crediting of overpayments of tax owed to an indivi…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 107 Disposal of seized property and penalties collected
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§ 107. Disposal of seized property and penalties collected. All properties seized and penalties collected shall be administered in accordance with the direction of the court having jurisdiction. After the expenses approved by the court have been paid the balance shall be used fo…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 108 Appointment of guardians for minors; notice of accounting
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§ 108. Appointment of guardians for minors; notice of accounting. If the beneficiary of such seized property or penalty which is collected shall be a minor who is not in the custody of a parent and for whom no guardian has been appointed, the court having jurisdiction over the m…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 109 Trust funds to be established
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§ 109. Trust funds to be established. A public welfare official shall deposit any funds received from the seizure of property or collection of penalties for the support of a living person. Such fund shall, as provided in section eighty-seven, be held and used upon such terms as …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 11 Commissioner of social services
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§ 11. Commissioner of social services. The chief executive and\nadministrative officer of the department shall be the commissioner of\nsocial services, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice\nand consent of the senate.\n
N.Y. Social Services Law § 110-A Special provisions for legal services to enforce support to recover costs of public assistance and care and to establish paternity
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§ 110-a. Special provisions for legal services to enforce support to recover costs of public assistance and care and to establish paternity. 1. Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, the appropriating body of a social services district may authorize and make provisio…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 110-B Recovery from a person discovered to have property; notice
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§ 110-b. Recovery from a person discovered to have property; notice. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, an applicant for public assistance shall be fully informed in writing that he or she may be liable to reimburse the state for public assistance benef…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111 Functions of the department
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§ 111. Functions of the department. To assist welfare departments to carry out their responsibilities, powers and duties to enforce the liability of persons for the support of certain of their dependents who are applicants for or recipients of public assistance or care or who ar…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-A Federal aid; state plan
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§ 111-a. Federal aid; state plan. 1. The department is hereby designated as the single state agency to supervise the administration of the state's child support program provided for by this title, and a single organizational unit shall be established within the department for su…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-B Functions, powers and duties of the department
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§ 111-b. Functions, powers and duties of the department. 1. The single\norganizational unit within the department shall be responsible for the\nsupervision of the activities of state and local officials relating to\nestablishment of paternity of children born out-of-wedlock, loc…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-C Functions, powers and duties of social services officials
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§ 111-c. Functions, powers and duties of social services officials. 1. Each social services district shall establish a single organizational unit which shall be responsible for such district's activities in assisting the state in the location of absent parents, establishment of …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-D State reimbursement
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§ 111-d. State reimbursement. 1. The provisions of section one hundred fifty-three of this chapter shall be applicable to expenditures by social services districts for activities related to the establishment of paternity of children born out-of-wedlock, the location of deserting…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-E Reimbursement to the state
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§ 111-e. Reimbursement to the state. 1. A share of any support payments collected by the social services official, less any amount disbursed to the family receiving family assistance, shall, subject to section one hundred eleven-f, be paid to the state as reimbursement toward th…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-F Federal incentives
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§ 111-f. Federal incentives. The department is authorized to distribute to local districts the full amount of federal incentive payments received under title IV-D of the federal social security act.
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-G Availability of paternity and support services
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§ 111-g. Availability of paternity and support services. 1. The office\nof temporary and disability assistance and the social services\ndistricts, in accordance with the regulations of the office of temporary\nand disability assistance, shall make services relating to the\nestab…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-H Support collection unit
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§ 111-h. Support collection unit. 1. Each social services district shall establish a support collection unit in accordance with regulations of the department to collect, account for and disburse funds paid pursuant to any order of child support or child and spousal support issue…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-I Child support standards
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§ 111-i. Child support standards. 1. Each social services district\nshall ascertain the ability of an absent parent to support or contribute\nto the support of his or her children, in accordance with the statewide\nchild support standards as set forth in subdivision one of secti…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-J Interception of unemployment insurance benefits
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§ 111-j. Interception of unemployment insurance benefits. 1. (a) The\ndepartment shall determine on a periodic basis whether any individual\nreceiving unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to article eighteen\nof the state's labor law owes child support obligations which are …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-K Procedures relating to acknowledgments of parentage, agreements to support, and genetic tests
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§ 111-k. Procedures relating to acknowledgments of parentage, agreements to support, and genetic tests. 1. A social services official or his or her designated representative who confers with a potential respondent or respondent, hereinafter referred to in this section as the "re…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-M Agreement relating to information obtained by the state directory of new hires
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§ 111-m. Agreement relating to information obtained by the state directory of new hires. The department, through the commissioner, shall enter into the agreement provided for in section one hundred seventy-one-h of the tax law, and shall take such other actions as may be necessa…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-N Review and cost of living adjustment of support orders
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§ 111-n. Review and cost of living adjustment of support orders. 1.\nOrders subject to review. In accordance with the timeframes set forth in\nsubdivision three of this section, the support collection unit shall\nconduct a review for adjustment purposes of:\n (a) all orders of s…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-O Data matches with financial institutions
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§ 111-o. Data matches with financial institutions. The department or a social services district, through the commissioner, is authorized to enter into agreements with financial institutions as provided for in subdivision two of section four of the banking law and subsection (e) …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-P Authority to issue subpoenas
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§ 111-p. Authority to issue subpoenas. The department or the child support enforcement unit coordinator or support collection unit supervisor of a social services district, or his or her designee, or another state's child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-Q Voiding of fraudulent transfers of income or property
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§ 111-q. Voiding of fraudulent transfers of income or property. The department or a social services district, or its authorized representative, after obtaining information that a debtor has transferred income, property or other assets to avoid payment to a child support creditor…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-R Requirement to respond to requests for information
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§ 111-r. Requirement to respond to requests for information. All employers, as defined in section one hundred eleven-m of this article (including for-profit, not-for-profit and governmental employers), are required to provide information promptly on the employment, compensation …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-S Access to information contained in government and private records
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§ 111-s. Access to information contained in government and private records. 1. For the purpose of establishing paternity, or establishing, modifying or enforcing an order of support, the department or a social services district or its authorized representative, and child support…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-T Authority to secure assets
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§ 111-t. Authority to secure assets. The department or a social services district or its authorized representative, or another state's child support enforcement agency governed by title IV-D of the social security act, for the purpose of collecting overdue support, shall be auth…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-U Liens
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§ 111-u. Liens. 1. The office of temporary and disability assistance, or a social services district, or its authorized representative shall have a lien against real and personal property owned by a support obligor when such support obligor is or was under a court order to pay ch…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-V Confidentiality, integrity, and security of information
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§ 111-v. Confidentiality, integrity, and security of information. 1. The department, in consultation with appropriate agencies including but not limited to the New York state office for the prevention of domestic violence, shall by regulation prescribe and implement safeguards o…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-Y Spousal support; crediting of overpayments of tax to past-due support
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§ 111-y. Spousal support; crediting of overpayments of tax to past-due\nsupport. 1. The department shall provide services for the crediting of\noverpayments of tax to past-due support, pursuant to section one hundred\nseventy-one-c of the tax law, which is owed to any current or…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 111-Z Spousal and child support; crediting of overpayments of tax to past-due support
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§ 111-z. Spousal and child support; crediting of overpayments of tax\nto past-due support. 1. The department shall provide services for the\ncrediting of overpayments of tax to past-due support, pursuant to\nsection one hundred seventy-one-c of the tax law, which is owed to\nper…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 112 Local personnel training
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§ 112. Local personnel training. Each public welfare district shall make provision, with the assistance and cooperation of the department, for suitable training of employees of its welfare department. Such provision shall include such of the following as the department may appro…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 113 Participation in research and demonstration projects
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§ 113. Participation in research and demonstration projects. Public welfare districts are authorized to sponsor, conduct and participate in the operation of such research and demonstration projects as the department may approve, for the purpose of reducing dependency and elimina…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 114 Special state reimbursement
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§ 114. Special state reimbursement. Any inconsistent provision of sections one hundred fifty-three, two hundred fifty-seven or other provisions of this chapter notwithstanding, expenditures made by public welfare districts for salaries of qualified training directors pursuant to…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 115 Training and utilization of volunteers
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§ 115. Training and utilization of volunteers. Subject to the approval of the department, public welfare districts are authorized to sponsor and conduct programs for the recruitment, training and utilization of volunteers to assist welfare district employees in the performance o…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 116 Chief executive officers of local welfare departments; qualifications; appointment and removal; term
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§ 116. Chief executive officers of local welfare departments; qualifications; appointment and removal; term. 1. Any inconsistent provision of law, notwithstanding, the position of the chief executive officer of a county or city social services department, whether referred to as …
N.Y. Social Services Law § 117 State residence
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§ 117. State residence. 1. Any person who shall reside in the state continuously for one year under the conditions hereinafter specified shall be deemed to have state residence. State residence so acquired shall continue until such person shall have removed from the state and re…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 118 Qualification on residence
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§ 118. Qualification on residence. The continuous residence required to acquire state residence or to establish liability for payment for hospital or other institutional care shall not include any period during which the person was (a) a patient in a hospital, or (b) an incarcer…
N.Y. Social Services Law § 118-C Family court cases; state charges
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§ 118-c. Family court cases; state charges. In the event a child who is residing on any Native American reservation within the state is committed or placed by a court of competent jurisdiction as a delinquent, abused, neglected, or abandoned child, or person in need of supervisi…