Bill Text: NY S03198 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3198

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the authority of the welfare inspector general to conduct investigations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S03198 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03198-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3198

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 30, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the authority  of  the
          welfare inspector general to conduct investigations

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of  section  48  of  the  executive  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  754  of  the  laws  of 1977, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    5. [On the initiative of the office and at] At the  direction  of  the
     5  welfare  inspector  general,  to conduct any investigation: of the oper-
     6  ations of the state social services department and local social services
     7  districts, the state health department and local health departments, and
     8  the state department of  mental  hygiene  and  community  mental  health
     9  boards  in  order  to  insure  proper  expenditure  of welfare funds; of
    10  violations of the  welfare  system;  of  failure  to  prosecute  welfare
    11  frauds;  of failure to enforce the state's laws regarding the employment
    12  of welfare recipients in available employment; of failure of local offi-
    13  cials and employees to comply with state  law,  rules,  and  regulations
    14  regarding  welfare  administration  which  shall  be  deemed  to include
    15  medical assistance, and other matters relating thereto.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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