7/2/08 N.Y. St. Reg. TDA-02-08-00002-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
Amendment of sections 351.21(b), (c) and (f)(5) and 351.22(a), (b), (c)(1) and (f) and addition of section 351.22(b)(3) to Title 18 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Social Services Law, sections 20(3)(d), 34(3)(f), 131(1), 134-a(3) and 355(3)
Subject:
Recertification of public assistance recipients.
Purpose:
To provide social services districts the opportunity to request waivers from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance of certain face-to-face recertification interviews for public assistance recipients.
Text or summary was published
in the notice of proposed rule making, I.D. No. TDA-02-08-00002-P, Issue of January 9, 2008.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Jeanine Stander Behuniak, Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, 40 N. Pearl St., 16C, Albany, NY 12243-0001, (518) 474-9779, e-mail:
Jeanine.Behuniak@otda.state.ny.usAssessment of Public Comment
During the public comment period for the proposed rule which will allow social services districts to request waivers of certain face-to-face recertification requirements for public assistance recipients, the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) received one comment from a social services district (district). The district supported the proposed rule and stated that their existing waiver has allowed them to improve administrative efficiency and to better serve their customers.
This comment is consistent with OTDA's understanding that districts which already have waivers have found them to be beneficial.
