Section 171-G. Provision of income information  


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  • (1) The commissioner shall
      enter into a written agreement with the commissioner of  the  office  of
      temporary  and  disability  assistance,  on  behalf  of  the  office  of
      temporary  and  disability  assistance,  which  shall  set   forth   the
      procedures  for  providing  information  limited  to  that  described in
      paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this  section  obtained  or  derived
      from  taxpayer  returns  for  the  purpose  of  reviewing support orders
      enforced pursuant to title six-A of article three of the social services
      law.
        (2) Such agreement shall include:
        (a) the procedure under which the office of temporary  and  disability
      assistance  shall  notify  the  department  of  the  identity  of  those
      individuals subject to  a  review  of  their  court  orders  of  support
      pursuant  to  section  one  hundred eleven-h of the social services law,
      including the requirement that such individuals be  identified  by  name
      and  social security number, and shall specify when the department shall
      be notified and the content of such notification;
        (b) a description of the specific  information  the  department  shall
      provide to the office of temporary and disability assistance with regard
      to individuals identified pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
      which  shall  be  limited  to federal adjusted gross income and New York
      adjusted gross income obtained or derived from the most  recently  filed
      New  York state personal income tax return, the name, address and social
      security number of the taxpayer and an indication of whether such income
      tax return was filed jointly;
        (c)  a  requirement  that  the  office  of  temporary  and  disability
      assistance  maintain  a  record of all requests for tax information made
      pursuant to this section;
        (d) the procedure for reimbursement of the department by the office of
      temporary and disability assistance for the full costs of  carrying  out
      the procedures authorized by this section; and
        (e)  such  other  matters  as the parties to such agreement shall deem
      necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.