KY SR165 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-14 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Summary

Establish the "Citizen and Taxpayer Stewardship Act of 2017"; recommend that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services utilize enhanced eligibility verification and periodic continuing monitoring of enrollees and applicants' finances and wealth; establish a process when discrepancies between reported finances and actual finances are discovered; recommend use of photographic ID within benefits programs such as food stamps or TANF; recommend information sharing practices to better determine eligibility and establish a monitoring infrastructure; recommend how to refer cases of fraud and identity fraud; recommend a resource limit for the food stamps program; recommend utilization of the work requirements established for able-bodied Medicaid recipients in the KY HEALTH 1115 Waiver within the food stamps and TANF programs and any other benefits reform; recommend utilization of the 1996 work requirements as a resource and policy goal as benefits reform continues; direct that progress reports and final presentations about the updates and direction of the benefits programs be given to the IJC on Health and Welfare and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee; request that all updates be completed, legislation recommended, and any necessary waivers requested by December 31, 2019.

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Title

Establish the "Citizen and Taxpayer Stewardship Act of 2017"; recommend that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services utilize enhanced eligibility verification and periodic continuing monitoring of enrollees and applicants' finances and wealth; establish a process when discrepancies between reported finances and actual finances are discovered; recommend use of photographic ID within benefits programs such as food stamps or TANF; recommend information sharing practices to better determine eligibility and establish a monitoring infrastructure; recommend how to refer cases of fraud and identity fraud; recommend a resource limit for the food stamps program; recommend utilization of the work requirements established for able-bodied Medicaid recipients in the KY HEALTH 1115 Waiver within the food stamps and TANF programs and any other benefits reform; recommend utilization of the 1996 work requirements as a resource and policy goal as benefits reform continues; direct that progress reports and final presentations about the updates and direction of the benefits programs be given to the IJC on Health and Welfare and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee; request that all updates be completed, legislation recommended, and any necessary waivers requested by December 31, 2019.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2017-03-14Senateto Health & Welfare (S)
2017-03-08Senateintroduced in Senate

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