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Nursing Home Surveillance
… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Health (Department) consistently follows federal and State regulations and procedures for conducting nursing … facility inspections, referred to as surveys. Standard Health and Life Safety Code surveys are unannounced and must …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/02/19/nursing-home-surveillanceWhitestone School for Child Development – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… $10,592 for unsupported vehicle charges; $9,344 for rental accruals reported in the wrong fiscal year; and $3,088 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/07/whitestone-school-child-development-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualOpinion 91-28
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION -- Water Fund … whether a village board of trustees may use surplus moneys in the village's water fund for sewer or other general … refunds to consumers" (see also NY Const, art 14, §1[f]). In our opinion, the reference to "profits" in section 94 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-28Select Financial Management Practices
… and reporting of delinquent accounts receivable are in compliance with the Commission’s procedures for the period … January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2015. Background In 1925, the Commission was established through an act of the … The Commission’s 2014 annual report shows an increase in tonnage shipped, from 390,414 in 2013 to 572,946 in 2014. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/11/05/select-financial-management-practicesOpinion 2002-9
… volunteer workers) VOLUNTEERS -- Use of (to assist at recycling center) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1; … in providing services in connection with the town's recycling program. The town may, however, in accordance with … services in connection with the operation of the town's recycling center and pay the individuals consideration for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-9Opinion 2003-3
… Award Programs (maximum benefit under defined benefit plan) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§217, 219: The maximum benefit that may be provided under a defined benefit plan service award program cannot exceed a monthly payment … A fire district may not establish a defined benefit plan service award program that provides a service award …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-3Opinion 94-21
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. TOWN BOARDS -- Powers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-21Opinion 2010-3
… price. 4 The town also may not make a gift or loan of money to the incorporated fire company to cover the fire … things, prohibits towns from making gifts or loans of money or property to or in aid of any private corporation, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-3Opinion 2004-7
… properties within the villages (see, e.g., 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-369, p 405; 1975 Opns St Comp No. 75-1159, … owners in adjoining towns who are permitted to use water from the district. Under section 198(3)(d), the county governing board is required to levy the amount of the delinquent water rents …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-7Opinion 2005-2
Whether a volunteer fire department may expend foreign fire insurance tax monies to reimburse active members of the department for mileage expenses
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-2Opinion 88-43
… 207-c; WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, §25(4): When deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers are injured in the … This is in reply to your letter with respect to deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers who sustain injuries … the disability ceases. For purposes of section 207-c, sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-43State Agencies Bulletin No. 2110
… Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … BU05 Background: Pursuant to a side letter contained in the 2021-2026 Agreements between the State of New York and … the fiscal year to employees who have at least 1,500 hours in pay status in seasonal positions during each of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2110-april-2023-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employeesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2103
… Services BU04 Background Pursuant to a side letter contained in the 2021-2026 Agreements between the … York and the Public Employees Federation (PEF), a lump sum award of $500 effective the first pay period of the fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2103-april-2022-csea-longevity-payment-long-term-seasonal-employeesOpinion 89-53
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … the active membership of each company. 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-102, p 19 superseded to the extent inconsistent. You … and benefit of the fire department. In 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-102, p 19, we concluded that the apportionment and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Medicaid Program – Managed Care Organizations’ Readiness for the Encounter Intake System
… Purpose To determine the readiness of all Medicaid managed care organizations … (MCOs) to submit Medicaid encounter transactions to the new Encounter Intake System. We conducted an early assessment of the readiness of Medicaid MCOs as of September 30, 2015. We …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/29/medicaid-program-managed-care-organizations-readiness-encounter-intake-systemOpinion 88-76
… (of private moneys) -- Private Moneys (accounting for); (investment of) -- Taxes (applying private source … the library trustees in investments which they deem to be for the best interests of the library, and need not be … on the investment of moneys appropriated by the village for library purposes is credited to the library fund. You …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76Start a Business and Get Licenses
… licenses or permits to conduct business in New York State. Here is a list of additional resources for you to use. New York State License Center The New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/resources/start-business-and-get-licensesGet Information about 1099s
… your 1099-S, 1099-INT or 1099-MISC information return, contact the Office of the State Comptroller at: (855) … your 1099S 1099INT or 1099MISC information return contact the Office of the State Comptroller at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/portal/get-information-about-1099sMedicaid Program – Improper Payments for Ancillary Services Provided During Hospital Inpatient Admissions
… Purpose To determine whether the Department of Health's eMedNY system processes Medicaid claims for ancillary … ancillary services are processed by eMedNY, the Department's automated claims processing and management information … for review. Medicaid reimbursement rates for inpatient hospital claims include the costs of most medical care …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/04/03/medicaid-program-improper-payments-ancillary-services-provided-during-hospital-inpatientState Agencies Bulletin No. 278
… related to the events of September 11, 2001. The primary means of tracking expenditures in PAYSR is the Position Pool. … track expenditures separately, or if they have alternate means of doing so, they should continue to use existing earns …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/278-tracking-expenditures-related-overtime-worked-due-events-september-11