NY S04822

Amends Public Health Law Section 4174 to authorize county commissioners of social services, city commissioners of social services, town social services officers, and city social services officers to obtain information from death certificates for administering assistance or care programs under Social Services Law Section 106.

Permits the Department of Health Commissioner to enter into multiple contracts (changed from singular "a contract") with federal, county, city, and town social services entities to share death certificate information.

Allows death certificate information to be used by social services officials to ensure federal benefits are not erroneously paid to deceased individuals and to enable those officials to perform their duties under Social Services Law Section 106.

Specifies that contracts may restrict information use to these specified purposes but cannot otherwise limit how the federal government, county agencies, or town offices use the death certificate data.

Takes effect immediately upon enactment.