§ 21. Welfare management system. 1. The department shall design and\nimplement a welfare management system which shall be capable of\nreceiving, maintaining and processing information relating to persons\nwho have applied for or been determined eligible for benefits under any\nprogram for which the department has supervisory responsibilities under\nthis chapter, for the purpose of providing individual and aggregate data\nto such districts to assist them in making eligibility determinations\nand basic management decisions, to the department to assist it in\nsupervising the local administration of such programs, and to the\ngovernor and the legislature as may be necessary to assist in making\nmajor administrative and policy decisions affecting such programs. Such\nsystem shall be designed so as to assist local districts and the state\nin achieving the following goals:\n a. reducing mismanagement in the administration of such program,\ndetecting fraudulent practices, and helping identify policies or\nconditions that will reduce or deter fraud;\n b. promoting efficiency in local district determinations of\neligibility for public assistance and care and other programs supervised\nby the department, to expedite such determinations and to reduce\nunauthorized or excessive payments;\n c. achieving compliance with federal laws and regulations and\nmaximizing utilization of federal funds;\n d. improving data collection and retention techniques and developing\nuniform reporting forms and procedures;\n e. initiating implementation of such a system for districts other than\nthe district comprising the city of New York, in a manner compatible\nwith expansion of such system to the district comprising the city of New\nYork;\n f. being developed and implemented in each social services district,\nto the extent possible consistent with statewide uniformity, in a manner\ncompatible with maximum utilization of existing data processing systems\nand capabilities of such district and with minimum local participation\nby such district in administrative expenditures directly attributable to\nthe design and implementation of such system; and\n g. achieving such other goals consistent with this chapter and other\nlaws as are desirable for improving the administration of such programs.\n 2. The department shall promulgate regulations, specifying the types\nof information to be collected and transmitted by each social services\ndistrict to the department, the methods for collection and transmittal\nof such information, and the procedures for utilization by social\nservices districts of the data maintained by the welfare management\nsystem. Any such regulations shall be published for comment at least\nthirty days in advance of their promulgation and shall be filed with the\nsecretary of state at least sixty days in advance of the effective date\nof any such requirement.\n 3. Information relating to persons applying for or receiving benefits\nunder programs pursuant to this chapter shall be considered confidential\nand shall not be disclosed to persons or agencies other than those\nconsidered entitled to such information in accordance with section one\nhundred thirty-six of this chapter, when such disclosure is necessary\nfor the proper administration of such programs.\n 4. The commissioner of labor and his or her designees shall be\nentitled to access to the welfare management system and the information\ncontained therein for the purpose of administration of the programs for\npublic assistance recipients set forth in title nine-B of article five\nof this chapter. Use of the information relating to persons applying\nfor or receiving benefits under such programs by the department of labor\nwill be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n 5. The commissioner of health and his or her designees shall be\nentitled to access to the welfare management system and the information\ncontained therein for the purpose of administration of the pr
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