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State Agencies Bulletin No. 783
… September 1, 1994, the Workers’ Compensation benefit for employees in the Management Confidential bargaining units … on a Leave of Absence with the reason of WDL (Workers Comp Disability Leave). For employees who are enrolled in the IPP … the employee is placed on either Short or Long Term Disability after accruals are charged. Both options give the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/783-new-workers-compensation-actionreason-code-management-confidentialUnited HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Dr. John Gomes
… submit for the services rendered. Members pay a nominal co-payment to the participating provider for the services … from non-participating providers usually include service fee rates that are higher than the fee rates that participating providers agree to accept for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/05/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-dr-john-gomesMotor Vehicle Financial Security and Safety Responsibility Acts – Assessable Expenses for the Two Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2013
… Purpose The purpose of our performance audit was to determine whether the Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) has adequate procedures in … expenses incurred in connection with the administration of Article VI and Article VII of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/03/19/motor-vehicle-financial-security-and-safety-responsibility-acts-assessable-expenses-twoCapital Planning
… Law requires NFTA to prepare a five-year capital plan, along with annual capital spending plans. NFTA’s fiscal 2015-16 capital spending plan totaled $68.7 million. Key Findings During our audit … shelters; NFTA’s radio and train control systems; its rail station escalators; and the light rail’s catenary system, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/01/capital-planningPipeline Safety Oversight
… Inspector Qualification, Leak Management, Enforcement, and Incident Investigation. Key Findings DPS staff do not verify … procedures to identify instances when Operators fail to report incidents as required and update the Manual to reflect …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/08/pipeline-safety-oversightOpinion 2003-2
… opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Joint District (authority to form in coterminous town/village) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- … shall be contiguous. The procedure shall be initiated by petition. Such petition may be filed in the office of the town clerk of any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-2Opinion 2003-5
… discussed in the opinion. PAID FIREFIGHTERS -- Death Benefits (line-of-duty presumption) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND … for paid firefighter) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §208-b; RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW §363-d: The line-of-duty … Whether the lineofduty presumption in Retirement and Social Security Law applies to benefits for a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Opinion 94-18
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (transfer of village real property for nominal consideration to … Whether it is necessary for the members of a village volunteer fire department to form a notforprofit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Opinion 90-48
… -- Lowest Responsible Bidder (criteria and procedure for determining responsibility) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Transportation Contracts (criteria and procedure for determining "responsibility" of lowest bidder) EDUCATION … and an opportunity to rebut the charges. This is in reply to your letter concerning the award of a contract by a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-48Medicaid Overpayments for Inpatient Transfer Claims Among Merged or Consolidated Facilities
… is transferred among different hospitals, two separate payments are made: a payment for the first hospital’s claim and a payment for the second hospital’s … between them. Inform providers how to properly bill for patient transfers among divisions of merged or consolidated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/12/08/medicaid-overpayments-inpatient-transfer-claims-among-merged-or-consolidated-facilitiesOpinion 2010-2
… v Ambro , 41 NY2d 952, 394 NYS2d 636; Ross v Wilson , 308 NY 605; Davis v Board of Education of the Hewlett-Woodmere … In that case, the City of New York was selling two public radio stations. The City's decision to sell the stations to a … it would perpetuate the "unique character and value of the radio stations by providing precisely the same non-commercial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-2Opinion 2004-9
… there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. … to General Municipal Law §103(8) indicate that those amendments were intended primarily to permit local … 1998). Nonetheless, although the primary purpose of the amendments was to allow use of the joint purchase authority …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-9Railroad Bridge Inspection Program
… regulations require railroad bridge inspections to be conducted in accordance with formal bridge management … bridges. Department data shows that 38 railroads own or have maintenance responsibility for almost 3,000 railroad … The Department did not monitor whether inspections were done on the 48 bridges it is responsible for. As a result, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/09/railroad-bridge-inspection-programWage Theft Investigations
… theft investigations on behalf of workers who file wage dispute claims against employers, and helps to collect unpaid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/06/06/wage-theft-investigationsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2082
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with instructions for processing the 2021-2022 Firearms Training and Safety Incentive Program … The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with instructions for processing the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2082-2021-2022-public-employees-federation-pef-firearms-training-and-safetySilver Creek Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-153)
… the Silver Creek Central School District (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials properly managed … by $6.7 million and appropriated $2.7 million of fund balance and reserve funds that were not needed to … the swing in operational results totaled $9.7 million. As of June 30, 2021, maintained a surplus fund balance that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/01/06/silver-creek-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-153State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on MTA 2023 Budget
… off answering tough questions until its February budget update. It also shows the uncertainties that cloud larger budget gaps in the outyears, which my office has repeatedly raised . Transit ridership remains … levels. “The MTA’s revenue shortfall increases pressure to find added funding from public coffers and for the MTA to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-mta-2023-budgetThe Child School – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Purpose To determine whether the expenses reported on the Consolidated Fiscal Reports … To determine whether the expenses reported on the Consolidated Fiscal Reports CFRs of The Child School …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/09/11/child-school-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualOpinion 90-17
… town taxes (Town Law, §185[1]; see also 31 Opns St Comp, 1975, p 103; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 487; 12 Opns St Comp, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-17Medicaid Program – Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Under Managed Care
… 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 … The Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, extended prescription drug rebates to cover medications dispensed to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/02/18/medicaid-program-medicaid-drug-rebate-program-under-managed-care