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Committee reports out DHS-backed bill allowing commercial employment-verification vendor to reduce benefit error rate
Summary
House Bill 1640, sponsored at DHS request, was reported out; it would permit the Department of Human Services to use a commercial employment-verification service to try to reduce a reported benefit error rate of about 10.6% toward a target near 6%, with vendor selection subject to competitive procurement and public bid law and the bill effective upon passage.
The committee chair presented House Bill 1640, which was requested by the Department of Human Services to address an estimated error rate in the administration of SNAP, TANF and other benefits. The chair said the state currently has an error rate of about 10.6 percent, which creates federal reimbursement…
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