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Committee advances bill allowing Health and Welfare to seek tax data to investigate non‑Medicaid benefits fraud
Summary
House Bill 62, which would authorize the Department of Health and Welfare to enter a memorandum of understanding with the Idaho State Tax Commission to obtain tax‑return information for benefit‑fraud investigations, was advanced to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
House Bill 62, which would authorize the Department of Health and Welfare to enter a memorandum of understanding with the Idaho State Tax Commission to obtain tax‑return information for benefit‑fraud investigations, was advanced to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
The bill, presented June 1 by Jared Larson, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, would give the department statutory authority to obtain adjusted gross income from the tax commission when investigators have a suspicion that someone is unlawfully receiving benefits such as TANF. "This bill is, relatively simple in that it…
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