SPONSOR: Laubinger
This bill requires the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Social Services to make a monthly report available on each of their websites that lists the following information related to each of the public assistance programs administered by those Departments for every city, town, village, and county with more than 1,000 inhabitants:
(1) The total number of households enrolled;
(2) The total number of people served;
(3) The average benefit in dollars received by each household; and (4) The number of households that became ineligible to receive benefits.
The bill prohibits the Departments from reporting confidential information and requires that they only report aggregate data.
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