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Panel advances bill letting Health and Welfare access Tax Commission records to investigate benefits fraud
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 62 to the floor after hearing that the bill would let the Department of Health and Welfare enter an MOU with the Tax Commission to obtain adjusted gross income to investigate non‑Medicaid benefits fraud; sponsors said there is no fiscal impact to the department.
The Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 62 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation after a department official told lawmakers the measure would allow the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to enter a memorandum of understanding with the Idaho State Tax Commission to obtain adjusted gross income for investigations of non‑Medicaid benefits fraud.
The provision is aimed at programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and similar benefits where adjusted gross income on tax returns is the “dispositive piece of information,” Jared Larson, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee. "This allows us the statutory authority to enter into an MOU with…
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