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New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on Senate Republican Health Care Bill
… "The Senate Republican health care bill calls for billions of dollars of cuts in future health care funding for New Yorkers. This bill is identical to the House proposal in its threat to eliminate health coverage for countless individuals and inflict major …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/new-york-state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-senate-republican-health-care-billPresident of Gingerbread Learning Center and Wife Sentenced for Stealing Approximately $771,000 from Special Needs Pre-School
… items including; landscaping for their home, car and insurance payments for their vehicles, flowers and other … cell phone payments, personal purchases at Costco, life insurance, and also created a more than $100,000 no-show job … items: landscaping for his home ($18,936), car and insurance payments for his vehicles (two Mercedes Benz, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/president-gingerbread-learning-center-and-wife-sentenced-stealing-approximately-771000-special-needsOpinion 94-18
… Legislature for the purpose of receiving foreign fire insurance tax moneys. Not-For-Profit Corporation Law, §1402 … between a village fire department and a fire company. Insurance Law, §§9104-5 govern the distribution and use of foreign fire insurance tax moneys, except as otherwise provided by special …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Enhanced Medicaid Payments to Selected Home Health Care Service Providers (Follow-Up)
… audit report, Enhanced Medicaid Payments to Selected Home Health Care Service Providers (Report 2009-S-25). Background … on September 24, 2010, examined whether selected home health care providers properly used Medicaid funds for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/05/enhanced-medicaid-payments-selected-home-health-care-service-providers-followDiNapoli: Percentage of New Yorkers With Mental Illness Rose as Available Psychiatric Beds Declined
… The mental health needs of New Yorkers have greatly increased, with … number of individuals served by the state’s public mental health system, with nearly 900,000 residents utilizing the … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the rising need for mental health services coincided with a loss of 990 beds, a 10.5% …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-percentage-new-yorkers-mental-illness-rose-available-psychiatric-beds-declinedExamination of Unemployment Insurance Benefits 2016 Annual Report
The objectives of our examination were to determine if payment requests and payments DOL approved were appropriate and if DOL recouped overpayments based on cu
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/28/examination-unemployment-insurance-benefits-2016-annual-reportControls and Management of the Unemployment Insurance System
… has taken appropriate steps to oversee and manage the Unemployment Insurance system and to comply with selected … The audit covered the period from January 2020 to March 2022. About the Program The Department’s mission is to … program is a joint federal–State initiative that provides benefits to eligible workers who become unemployed through no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/11/15/controls-and-management-unemployment-insurance-systemState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… District – Board Oversight (Oswego County) Foreign fire insurance money was placed in the district’s general fund … how the money was spent or the amount of foreign fire insurance money currently on hand. Furthermore, the board, … department membership, determined how the foreign fire insurance money was to be spent. Summitville Fire District – …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Administration of Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation Plans
… provide workers’ compensation, and are required to buy insurance against the cost of occupational injury and illness by using a private insurance carrier, or the State Insurance Fund, or by electing to self-insure or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/25/administration-self-insured-workers-compensation-plansUniversal Pre-Kindergarten Program – Monitoring of Health and Safety Requirements (Follow-Up)
… report, Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program: Monitoring of Health and Safety Requirements (Report 2016-S-10 ). … UPK to be safe and to comply with applicable fire safety, health, and building codes, and for equipment and furnishings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/03/05/universal-pre-kindergarten-program-monitoring-health-and-safety-requirements-followUniversal Pre-Kindergarten Program – Monitoring of Health and Safety Requirements
… Pre-Kindergarten providers’ compliance with applicable health and safety regulations is sufficient. Our audit scope … UPK to be safe and to comply with applicable fire safety, health, and building codes, and for equipment and furnishings … The Department does not directly monitor UPK providers for health and safety. Instead, the Department relies on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/12/20/universal-pre-kindergarten-program-monitoring-health-and-safety-requirementsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-696
… sent to CUNY Central Office by the Deputy Director of the NYC Management Benefits Fund, Tax-Favored Benefits, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-696-city-university-new-york-cuny-health-benefits-buy-outCUNY Bulletin No. CU-757
… sent to CUNY Central Office by the Deputy Director of the NYC Management Benefits Fund, Tax-Favored Benefits, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-757-city-university-new-york-cuny-health-benefits-buy-outVolunteer Firemen’s Benevolent Association of North Tonawanda – Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Moneys (2014M-208)
… the Association’s use and reporting of foreign fire insurance tax moneys for the period January 1, 2013 through … 2013, the Association received $65,878 in foreign fire insurance tax moneys and spent $53,322 of these funds on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2014/10/31/volunteer-firemens-benevolent-association-north-tonawanda-foreign-fire-insurance-taxLansing Central School District – Procurement (2021M-213)
… provider for about 20 years and each of the four remaining vendors for at least 10 years without periodically seeking … may have saved at least $3,700 on fuel costs by using a State contract. Key Recommendations Update the procurement policy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/05/27/lansing-central-school-district-procurement-2021m-213DiNapoli: More Needs to Be Done to Provide Mental Health Training to School Staff
… 20 school districts found they did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school year by … Eighteen of 20 districts (90%) either did not offer mental health training or provided training that lacked some or all … often the first to notice if a student is having mental health challenges, and they need effective training to help …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-more-needs-be-done-provide-mental-health-training-school-staffCrown Point Central School District – Mental Health Training Component of the New York SAVE Act (S9-21-26)
… (District) used District resources to provide the mental health component of the New York Safe Schools Against … to staff. Key Findings The District did not provide mental health training as required to all staff for the 2020-21 … Only instructional staff were required to complete mental health training. Three of the 12 recommended components of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/08/crown-point-central-school-district-mental-health-training-component-newProgram Oversight and Monitoring of the Maximus Contract for the New York State of Health (Insurance Marketplace) Customer Service Center (2015-S-80), 90-Day Response
The objective of our audit was to determine whether the Department is providing sufficient oversight to ensure that Maximus is implementing the contract as inte
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2016-15s80-response.pdfCUNY Bulletin No. CU-731
… is to provide agency instructions for processing the CUNY Health Benefits Buy-Out Waiver Program. Affected Employees … Eligible CUNY employees electing to participate in the Health Benefits Buy-Out Waiver Program are affected. Background The Health Benefits Buy-Out Waiver Program is authorized under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-731-city-university-new-york-cuny-health-benefits-buy-outOpinion 91-17
… Health Law) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103(8); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(i): A county may make purchases, pursuant to the exception to … of "hospital" contained in Public Health Law, §2801(1). You ask whether a county may make purchases for county …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-17