§ 65-a. Notification to social services officials. The commission
shall, to the extent not inconsistent with other requirements of law,
establish requirements relating to the notification of an appropriate
social services official by a gas corporation, electric corporation or
municipality that payment for utility services furnished a person
receiving public assistance, supplemental security income benefits or
additional state payments pursuant to the social services law has not
been made and such person is known by the corporation or municipality to
be a recipient of such assistance, benefits or payments. The commission
shall consult with the office of temporary and disability assistance in
fulfilling the objectives of this section.