2. a. The commissioner shall make the information in the centralized registry established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1994, c.147 (C.44:8-111.1) available to those states which are contiguous to New Jersey and shall seek to establish an arrangement for the reciprocal provision of similar information from these states to the Division of Family Development.
b. The commissioner shall also provide for the use of the registry to conduct comparison checks of public assistance recipient records between entities administering public assistance within the State.