Bill Text: MN SF1598 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Welfare fraud reporting requirements modifications
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-30 - Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety [SF1598 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1598-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public safety; requiring law enforcement departments to report
1.3offenders who possess multiple welfare electronic benefit transfer cards to the
1.4commissioner of human services;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.5Statutes, chapter 626.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [626.5533] REPORTING WELFARE FRAUD.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Reports required. A peace officer must report to the head of the
1.9officer's department every arrest where the person arrested possesses more than one
1.10welfare electronic benefit transfer card. Each report must include all of the following:
1.11(1) the name of the offender;
1.12(2) the offender's drivers license or state identification card number, where available;
1.13(3) the offender's home address;
1.14(4) the name on each electronic benefit card in the possession of the offender, in
1.15cases where the card has a name printed on it;
1.16(5) the date of the offense;
1.17(6) the location of the offense;
1.18(7) the crime committed; and
1.19(8) any other information the commissioner of human services deems necessary.
1.20 Subd. 2. Use of information collected. The head of a local law enforcement agency
1.21or state law enforcement department that employs peace officers licensed under section
1.22626.843 must forward the report required under subdivision 1 to the commissioner of
1.23human services within 30 days of receiving the report. The commissioner of human
1.24services shall use the report to assess the suspect's continued eligibility for welfare benefits.
2.1 Subd. 3. Reporting forms. The commissioner of human services, in consultation
2.2with the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, shall adopt reporting
2.3forms to be used by law enforcement agencies in making the reports required under this
2.4section.
1.3offenders who possess multiple welfare electronic benefit transfer cards to the
1.4commissioner of human services;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.5Statutes, chapter 626.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [626.5533] REPORTING WELFARE FRAUD.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Reports required. A peace officer must report to the head of the
1.9officer's department every arrest where the person arrested possesses more than one
1.10welfare electronic benefit transfer card. Each report must include all of the following:
1.11(1) the name of the offender;
1.12(2) the offender's drivers license or state identification card number, where available;
1.13(3) the offender's home address;
1.14(4) the name on each electronic benefit card in the possession of the offender, in
1.15cases where the card has a name printed on it;
1.16(5) the date of the offense;
1.17(6) the location of the offense;
1.18(7) the crime committed; and
1.19(8) any other information the commissioner of human services deems necessary.
1.20 Subd. 2. Use of information collected. The head of a local law enforcement agency
1.21or state law enforcement department that employs peace officers licensed under section
1.22626.843 must forward the report required under subdivision 1 to the commissioner of
1.23human services within 30 days of receiving the report. The commissioner of human
1.24services shall use the report to assess the suspect's continued eligibility for welfare benefits.
2.1 Subd. 3. Reporting forms. The commissioner of human services, in consultation
2.2with the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, shall adopt reporting
2.3forms to be used by law enforcement agencies in making the reports required under this
2.4section.
