Assembly Bill A10863

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the authority of the welfare inspector general to conduct investigations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10863 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8881
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §48, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3825, S2181
2023-2024: S3198
2025-2026: S3467

2019-A10863 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the authority of the welfare inspector general to conduct investigations.

2019-A10863 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10863
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Schmitt) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 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:

   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of  section  48  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  754  of  the  laws  of 1977, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. [On the initiative of the office and at] AT the  direction  of  the
 welfare  inspector  general,  to conduct any investigation: of the oper-
 ations of the state social services department and local social services
 districts, the state health department and local health departments, and
 the state department of  mental  hygiene  and  community  mental  health
 boards  in  order  to  insure  proper  expenditure  of welfare funds; of
 violations of the  welfare  system;  of  failure  to  prosecute  welfare
 frauds;  of failure to enforce the state's laws regarding the employment
 of welfare recipients in available employment; of failure of local offi-
 cials and employees to comply with state  law,  rules,  and  regulations
 regarding  welfare  administration  which  shall  be  deemed  to include
 medical assistance, and other matters relating thereto.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15712-01-0

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