§ 131-aa. Monthly statistical reports. 1. Reporting requirements. The
commissioner of the office of temporary and disability assistance shall
issue, within sixty days of the end of each month, a monthly statistical
report containing each of the tables in the March two thousand four
Temporary and Disability assistance statistics report as provided on the
office of temporary and disability assistance website. Such report shall
also include aggregate total claims for both New York city and the rest
of the state related to temporary and disability assistance not already
included in the March 2004 Temporary and Disability Assistance
Statistics report as provided on the office of temporary and disability
assistance website. The commissioner may also include similar tables
containing statistical information including, but not limited to,
temporary and disability assistance claims on emergency child care,
family shelter, shelter for victims of domestic violence, eviction
prevention including, but not limited to, security deposits and brokers
fees, supplemental claims, cancellations or refunds, drug or alcohol
treatment, and increased costs associated with cases for individuals
with AIDS. The commissioner may also include any other statistical
information related to temporary and disability assistance that he or
she deems to be appropriate. The commissioner shall also, within sixty
days of the completion of each quarter of the state fiscal year, issue
an update of monthly temporary and disability assistance claims for each
of the previous twenty-four months based on actual claims received by
the end of such quarter; provided, however, the update following the
third quarter of the state fiscal year shall be completed within thirty
days. Such update shall include the total number of recipients, the
monthly average payment, and total claims, received by the end of such
quarter, for New York city, the rest of the state, and total state
claims.

2. Additional reporting requirements. In addition to the information
required to be included in the monthly statistical report pursuant to
subdivision one of this section, the commissioner of the office of
temporary and disability assistance shall include in such monthly
statistical report detailed tables with comprehensive data for federally
participating family assistance and safety net cases, safety net
non-maintenance of effort cases, and safety net maintenance of effort
cases, for each county and New York city, according to the following
categories:

(a) Work participation rates. A statistical table containing data
related to federally required work participation rates including, but
not limited to, the numerator applied to the required federal
calculation for work participation and the denominator applied to the
federal calculation for work participation; and any other information
that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.

(b) Earned income. A statistical table containing data related to the
aggregate amount of earned income reported by public assistance
recipients including, but not limited to, aggregate earned income used
in the calculation of public assistance benefits, both before and after
the earnings disregard is applied to such benefits, the number of cases
for which earned income is applied to the calculation of such benefits,
both before and after the earnings disregard, and any other information
that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.

(c) Sanctioned cases. A statistical table containing data related to
the number of cases in sanction status and the reason for such sanction
including, but not limited to, the number of sanctioned cases included
in the federal work participation calculation, the number of sanctioned
cases not included in the federal work participation calculation, and
any other information that the commissioner deems to be appropriate.

(d) Home energy assistance program (HEAP). For each county and New
York city, a statistical table containing data related to the allocation
of federal and state monies for the HEAP program and the number and
dollar amount of benefits provided including, but not limited to, the
number, dollar amount and average dollar amount of regular autopay
benefits, regular non-autopay benefits, emergency benefits, allocation
for administrative costs, and any other information that the
commissioner deems to be appropriate.

3. Upon issuance, the reports required by this section shall be posted
on the office of temporary and disability assistance website, and shall
also be submitted by the commissioner to the governor, the temporary
president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the
senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means
committee.