65-A - Notification to social services officials.

§ 65-a. Notification  to  social  services  officials.  The commission  shall, to the extent not inconsistent with other  requirements  of  law,  establish  requirements  relating  to the notification of an appropriate  social services official by a gas corporation, electric  corporation  or  municipality  that  payment  for  utility  services  furnished  a person  receiving public assistance, supplemental security  income  benefits  or  additional  state  payments  pursuant to the social services law has not  been made and such person is known by the corporation or municipality to  be a recipient of such assistance, benefits or payments. The  commission  shall  consult with the office of temporary and disability assistance in  fulfilling the objectives of this section.