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Medicaid Program – Improper Medicaid Payments for Recipients in Hospice Care
… Purpose To determine whether Medicaid made improper payments to providers on behalf of recipients receiving hospice care. This audit covered the period January 1, 2013 through … rather than treating the disease. Generally, when eligible Medicaid recipients elect hospice care, they waive their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/11/medicaid-program-improper-medicaid-payments-recipients-hospice-careOversight of Hotels and Motels Used for Homeless and Mixed-Use Temporary Residency (Follow-Up)
… Development 2017 data, of the 89,503 homeless people in New York State, 13,002 live in areas outside of New York City … the possibility of sharing information concerning their hotel and motel inspections to minimize duplication of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/24/oversight-hotels-and-motels-used-homeless-and-mixed-use-temporary-residency-followSummit Fire District – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-264)
… of cash disbursed from the District’s building reserve account. For example, the Board did not review or approve any disbursements being made out of this checking account; it allowed the Treasurer to generate, sign and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/11/22/summit-fire-district-internal-controls-over-financial-operations-2013m-264Town of Schroon – Internal Controls Over Transfer Station Operations (2013M-24)
… reconcile the amount of money collected with the amount of trash disposed at the transfer station. We found that over a … of at the Franklin County landfill exceeded the amount of trash accounted for as being received at the Town’s transfer … station such as having one individual record the amount of trash brought in and record the amount of money received and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/04/05/town-schroon-internal-controls-over-transfer-station-operations-2013m-24Maintenance and Tuition Payments to the Lake Grove School and Mountain Lake Children's Residence
… State Education Department and the Office of Children and Family Services were adequately supported and allowable under … Education Department (SED) and the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). SED and OCFS use the financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/04/26/maintenance-and-tuition-payments-lake-grove-school-and-mountain-lake-childrens-residenceState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… announced his office completed audits of Central Valley School District , Harpursville Central School District , Southold Union Free School District and the Webster Central School District . "In … announced his office completed audits of Central Valley School District Harpursville Central School District Southold …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… , Erie County Water Authority , Village of Franklin and the Town of Hartwick . "In today's fiscal climate, budget transparency and accountability for our local communities is a top … priority," said DiNapoli. "By auditing municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Statewide Agency Overtime Tops $337 Million Halfway Into 2015
… over last year. But the mid-year totals reflect only a small portion of overtime costs incurred in the statewide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-statewide-agency-overtime-tops-337-million-halfway-2015Opinion 91-60
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … -- Officers and Employees (authority of State Comptroller to request information for the purpose of determining … You ask about the authority of the State Comptroller to obtain information relative to potential conflicts of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-60Opinion 92-2
… FIRE DISTRICTS -- Taxes (authority to use general fire district funds to pay amounts due under contract for hydrants … HYDRANTS -- Fire Districts (authority to use general fire district funds to pay amounts due under contract for hydrants … hydrant contract) TOWN LAW, §176(12),(27): General fire district funds may not be used to pay amounts due under a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-2State Agencies Bulletin No. 1166
… rate less than $7.50 for the period of the time the DRP money was collected. If the employee was at the hourly rate … If not the agency needs to determine the amount of money that was deducted for the period of time the hourly … to run Locked Query 48 to determine if all of the DRP money was refunded, if not, the difference needs to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1166-2011-2012-deficit-reduction-plan-refunds-certain-employees-representedState Agencies Bulletin No. 1027
… of $52.00 per year is to be paid either through the payroll system using the Time Entry page or on a standard … the payment is taxable and must be paid through the payroll system. To be eligible for the payment, the employee … to the allowance provided the employee returns to the payroll by 3/31/11. Eligible employees on Military Stipend on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1027-2010-csea-work-related-clothing-allowance-bargaining-units-03-and-04State Agencies Bulletin No. 748
… Unit 05 Effective Date(s) Merit Step payments for October 2007 are payable: September 27, 2007 for Institution … Data record using the Action/Reason code of PAY/MST (Pay Rate Change/Merit Step payment) with an effective date of … be inserted using the Action/Reason code of PAY/MST (Pay Rate Change/Merit Step payment) using the following effective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/748-october-2007-merit-step-payments-employees-represented-public-employeesState Audit Recommends Improvements to NYC's Oversight of Agencies Placing Foster Children
… those children, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Children in foster … oversight to make sure these children are being checked on regularly by those entrusted with managing their care and … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-audit-recommends-improvements-nycs-oversight-agencies-placing-foster-childrenState Comptroller DiNapoli Report Details LIRR Delays in 2017
… In 2017, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) had its worst on-time performance in 18 years, … can attest, the performance of the Long Island Rail Road has become unacceptable," said DiNapoli. "On-time … Penn Station. For a copy of the report, Long Island Rail Road: On-Time Performance by the Numbers , visit: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-report-details-lirr-delays-2017Opinion 91-14
… for village) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for prior to cooperation agreement for refuse collection) REFUSE AND … resolution authorizing the contract would not be subject to referendum. You ask whether, pursuant to section 119-o of Article 5-G of the General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-14Opinion 2006-2
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS … is required and, in certain instances, the approval of the State Comptroller is required (Town Law §§193, 194, 209-d, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-2Opinion 88-42
… where a county distributed sales tax revenues to towns and villages in the county in a manner which did not comply … the excess revenues should pay them back to the county and that the county should then pay them over to the proper … received payments to which they were not entitled and others received less than the proper amount of sales tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-42Opinion 95-11
… Municipal Law, §207-m) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §207-m; CIVIL SERVICE LAW, §§64, 65: An individual appointed either temporarily or provisionally pursuant to the Civil Service Law as head of a village police department is … either provisionally or temporarily pursuant to the Civil Service Law as head of the village police department is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-11State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… City of Troy and the West Ghent Volunteer Fire Company . "In today's fiscal climate, budget transparency and … that the significant revenue and expenditure projections in the tentative budget were reasonable and the town's 2018 … or services that may not be for valid authority purposes. In addition, the account clerk is authorized to use their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits