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Committee advances bill to let Health and Welfare obtain tax data for non‑Medicaid benefit investigations
Summary
The Senate committee voted to send House Bill 62 to the floor after the Department of Health and Welfare said the measure would let investigators obtain adjusted gross income from the tax commission under a memorandum of understanding to verify eligibility for programs such as TANF.
A Senate committee voted to send House Bill 62 to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation after hearing from the Department of Health and Welfare about the bill’s aim to streamline investigations of non‑Medicaid benefit fraud.
Jared Larson, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Chief at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee the bill “authorizes the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the tax commission” so investigators can obtain adjusted gross income from…
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