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Selected Performance Measures (Follow-Up)

To determine the extent of implementation of the seven recommendations included in our initial audit report Selected Performance Measures Report 2018S18

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/08/selected-performance-measures-follow

Membership and Enrollment – Membership and Enrollment

… membership can provide your employees financial security in retirement Its important to understand how membership and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/membership-enrollment

City of Newburgh – Budget Review (B20-6-12)

… of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure … County, is authorized by Chapter 223 of the Laws of 2010 to issue debt not to exceed $15 million to liquidate the … Under the proposed 2021 budget, the City will have exhausted at least 92.2 percent of its Constitutional …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2020/11/13/city-newburgh-budget-review-b20-6-12

Assessable Expenses of Administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act for the Four State Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2018

… To ascertain the total expenses that the Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) incurred in administering the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act and the Motor Vehicle Safety … or whose property they might damage as a result of an accident. According to Vehicle and Traffic Law, the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/11/assessable-expenses-administering-motor-vehicle-financial-security-act-and-motor-vehicle

Controls Over Unclaimed Bottle Deposits (Follow-Up)

… included in our initial audit report, Controls Over Unclaimed Bottle Deposits (Report 2016-S-96 ). Background The … register with the Department and remit 80 percent of any unclaimed bottle deposits to the Department on a quarterly …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/10/15/controls-over-unclaimed-bottle-deposits-follow

Oversight of Homeless Shelters

… and directly oversees these larger-scale facilities, and is responsible for inspecting them and ensuring they meet … both State-certified and uncertified shelters, we observed a range of substandard living conditions, the most egregious … met. Develop and implement a process to follow up on facilities with issues identified in prior inspections to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/12/oversight-homeless-shelters

Monitoring of Medicaid Payments for Nursing Home Bed Reserve Days (Follow-Up)

… of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report, Monitoring of Medicaid Payments … eMedNY to prevent payment of claims for bed reserve days in excess of prescribed limits and that it sufficiently … the statutes governing reimbursement for bed reserve days in June 2012, the recommendations we made became even more …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/01/10/monitoring-medicaid-payments-nursing-home-bed-reserve-days-follow

Accounts Receivable Collection and Reporting

… an increase in accounts receivable (third-party billings) from $22.1 million to $135.6 million. At the end of its … are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As required, the Authority documented their multiple efforts to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/08/05/accounts-receivable-collection-and-reporting

Selected Aspects of Inactive Hazardous Waste Site Remediation Cost Recovery

… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Environmental Conservation (Department) has effective … and pursue parties responsible for the contamination of inactive hazardous waste sites. This audit covers the period April 1, 2011 through …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/22/selected-aspects-inactive-hazardous-waste-site-remediation-cost-recovery

Pipeline Safety Oversight

… Commission (PSC) is providing oversight of pipeline safety in accordance with State regulations and federal performance … partial reimbursement for the costs they incur. In New York, the PSC operates a federally certified safety … injuries, and $77 million in property damage. PHMSA relies on state inspectors as the “first line of defense” to enforce …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/08/pipeline-safety-oversight

DiNapoli Seeks Stronger Federal Safety Measures for Oil Trains to Protect New Yorkers

… per occurrence for what it terms as “non-catastrophic” property damage, such as that caused by a train derailment, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-seeks-stronger-federal-safety-measures-oil-trains-protect-new-yorkers

Opinion 2001-9

… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics … of the corporations does not have a prohibited interest in contracts between the county and either corporation. The … Law §805-a). Article 18 defines "contract" to include "any claim, account or demand against or agreement with a …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-9

Opinion 2003-5

… of any general, special or local law or administrative code to the contrary" (see also Matter of Tuffillaro v City …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5

Medicaid Program – Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Under Managed Care

… Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (Rebate Program) to reduce state and federal expenditures for Medicaid prescription costs. Since January 1991, the State of New York has been able to recover a portion of Medicaid prescription drug costs by requesting rebates from drug manufacturers. The Affordable Care Act, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/02/18/medicaid-program-medicaid-drug-rebate-program-under-managed-care

Benefit Eligibility Assessment Process

… Purpose To determine whether the New York City Human Resources … (Client) eligibility, and when a Client is determined to be ineligible, denying, reducing or terminating the … that are reversed at hearings. Fair Hearings have become routine with the number of hearings and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/28/benefit-eligibility-assessment-process

State Agencies Bulletin No. 942

… Plans page in PayServ for affected employees of the State Police (Agencies 01060 and 01069). Affected Employees Employees of the State Police who join the Police and Fire Retirement System on or after July 1, 2009 Effective …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/942-mandatory-3-retirement-contribution-certain-tier-2-members-new-york

State Agencies Bulletin No. 931

… 1 = SSN not in file (never issued) 5 = Name does not match; DOB and gender code not checked 6 = Contact local SSA … information reported in the State payroll system does not match the information on the Social Security card, the agency … on the report as Deceased when the payroll record does not match the deceased information provided by SSA. When an …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/931-verification-employee-social-security-numbers-and-names-be-reported

Reporting Requirements Changes (2015) – Reporting Elected and Appointed Officials

… Regulation 315.4 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) clearly defines the … frames for completing requirements such as an official’s record of activities (ROA), and it establishes the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/reporting-ea-officials/reporting-requirements-changes

Opinion 88-41

… LAW, §§64(6), 130(5), 138: Fire prevention programs are a proper town function. The town board may acquire property … for use in conducting such programs and contract with a private organization for the presentation of such programs … "The town board, during a fiscal year, by resolution, may make additional appropriations or increase existing …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-41

Opinion 88-50

… a village may use moneys in a capital reserve fund to pay for work on a 15 year old, 250,000 gallon water storage … a village may use moneys in a capital reserve fund to pay for work on a 15 year old 250000 gallon water storage tank …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-50