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Panel advances bill to let Health and Welfare share tax data to investigate non‑Medicaid benefits fraud
Summary
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 62 to the Senate floor after hearing that the measure would let the Department of Health and Welfare enter a memorandum of understanding with the Idaho Tax Commission to obtain adjusted gross income data for investigations of non‑Medicaid benefit programs such as TANF.
House Bill 62, which would authorize the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to enter a memorandum of understanding with the Idaho State Tax Commission to obtain adjusted gross income information for investigations of non‑Medicaid public benefits, was sent to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after a committee voice vote.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee the bill is “relatively simple in that it authorizes the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the tax commission.” Larson said the…
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