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Committee advances bill allowing Health and Welfare to access tax data for non‑Medicaid benefits investigations
Summary
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that House Bill 62 would allow the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Idaho State Tax Commission to obtain adjusted gross income data to investigate suspected fraud in non‑Medicaid benefits programs.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that House Bill 62 authorizes the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Idaho State Tax Commission to obtain adjusted gross income information to investigate suspected fraud in non‑Medicaid benefits programs.
"This bill is, relatively simple in that it authorizes the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the tax commission," Larson said, adding the change would make…
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