Section 131-AA. Monthly statistical reports  


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  • 1. Reporting requirements. The
      commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance  shall
      issue, within sixty days of the end of each month, a monthly statistical
      report  containing  each  of  the  tables in the March two thousand four
      Temporary and Disability assistance statistics report as provided on the
      office of temporary and disability assistance website. Such report shall
      also include aggregate total claims for both New York city and the  rest
      of  the state related to temporary and disability assistance not already
      included  in  the  March  2004  Temporary  and   Disability   Assistance
      Statistics  report as provided on the office of temporary and disability
      assistance website. The commissioner may  also  include  similar  tables
      containing  statistical  information  including,  but  not  limited  to,
      temporary and disability assistance  claims  on  emergency  child  care,
      family  shelter,  shelter  for  victims  of  domestic violence, eviction
      prevention including, but not limited to, security deposits and  brokers
      fees,  supplemental  claims,  cancellations  or refunds, drug or alcohol
      treatment, and increased costs associated  with  cases  for  individuals
      with  AIDS.  The  commissioner  may  also  include any other statistical
      information related to temporary and disability assistance  that  he  or
      she  deems  to be appropriate. The commissioner shall also, within sixty
      days of the completion of each quarter of the state fiscal  year,  issue
      an update of monthly temporary and disability assistance claims for each
      of  the  previous  twenty-four months based on actual claims received by
      the end of such quarter; provided, however,  the  update  following  the
      third  quarter of the state fiscal year shall be completed within thirty
      days. Such update shall include the  total  number  of  recipients,  the
      monthly  average  payment, and total claims, received by the end of such
      quarter, for New York city, the rest  of  the  state,  and  total  state
      claims.
        2.  Additional  reporting requirements. In addition to the information
      required to be included in the monthly statistical  report  pursuant  to
      subdivision  one  of  this  section,  the  commissioner of the office of
      temporary and  disability  assistance  shall  include  in  such  monthly
      statistical report detailed tables with comprehensive data for federally
      participating  family  assistance  and  safety  net  cases,  safety  net
      non-maintenance of effort cases, and safety net  maintenance  of  effort
      cases,  for  each  county  and New York city, according to the following
      categories:
        (a) Work participation rates.  A  statistical  table  containing  data
      related  to  federally  required work participation rates including, but
      not  limited  to,  the  numerator  applied  to  the   required   federal
      calculation  for  work  participation and the denominator applied to the
      federal calculation for work participation; and  any  other  information
      that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.
        (b)  Earned income. A statistical table containing data related to the
      aggregate  amount  of  earned  income  reported  by  public   assistance
      recipients  including,  but not limited to, aggregate earned income used
      in the calculation of public assistance benefits, both before and  after
      the  earnings disregard is applied to such benefits, the number of cases
      for which earned income is applied to the calculation of such  benefits,
      both  before and after the earnings disregard, and any other information
      that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.
        (c) Sanctioned cases. A statistical table containing data  related  to
      the  number of cases in sanction status and the reason for such sanction
      including, but not limited to, the number of sanctioned  cases  included
      in  the federal work participation calculation, the number of sanctioned
      cases not included in the federal work  participation  calculation,  and
      any other information that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.
    
        (d)  Home  energy  assistance  program (HEAP). For each county and New
      York city, a statistical table containing data related to the allocation
      of federal and state monies for the HEAP  program  and  the  number  and
      dollar  amount  of  benefits provided including, but not limited to, the
      number,  dollar  amount  and  average  dollar  amount of regular autopay
      benefits, regular non-autopay benefits, emergency  benefits,  allocation
      for   administrative   costs,   and   any  other  information  that  the
      commissioner deems to be appropriate.
        3. Upon issuance, the reports required by this section shall be posted
      on the office of temporary and disability assistance website, and  shall
      also  be  submitted  by  the commissioner to the governor, the temporary
      president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair  of  the
      senate  finance  committee  and the chair of the assembly ways and means
      committee.