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House approves data‑sharing changes for DCF/KDHE and expands OIG role amid budget worries
Summary
The House adopted the conference committee report on HB2004 to clarify when DCF and KDHE must supply federal data and to help the Office of Inspector General investigate welfare fraud; opponents criticized added unfunded OIG FTEs and cited low fraud rates as a reason to vote no.
The Kansas House adopted the conference committee report on HB2004 after floor debate over data-sharing triggers, response times, and the funding of Office of Inspector General positions to investigate welfare fraud.
Representative Ewerkamp (speaker 8), the bill carrier, said conference changes limit mandatory compliance to cases where the federal government requests data that pertains to programs administered by…
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