§ 111-r. Requirement to respond to requests for information. All
employers, as defined in section one hundred eleven-m of this article
(including for-profit, not-for-profit and governmental employers), are
required to provide information promptly on the employment, compensation
and benefits of any individual employed by such employer as an employee
or contractor, when the department or a social services district or its
authorized representative, or another state's child support enforcement
agency governed by title IV-D of the social security act, requests such
information for the purpose of establishing paternity, or establishing,
modifying or enforcing an order of support. To the extent feasible,
such information shall be requested and provided using automated
systems, and shall include, but is not limited to, information regarding
the individual's last known address, date of birth, social security
number, plans providing health care or other medical benefits by
insurance or otherwise, wages, salaries, earnings or other income of
such individual. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, such officials are not required to obtain an order from any
judicial or administrative tribunal in order to request or receive such
information. The department shall be authorized to impose a penalty for
failure to respond to such requests of five hundred dollars for an
initial failure and seven hundred dollars for the second and subsequent
failure.