West Virginia House Bill 2729 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-13 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

This bill requires the establishment of an income eligibility verification system, a computerized system designed to find and root out welfare fraud. The bill addresses the receipt of benefits from the Department of Health and Human Resources. The bill requires applicants to provide a social security number. The bill requires the system be used when an applicant first makes a benefit request and quarterly thereafter. The bill requires notice. The bill requires investigations. The bill permits an applicant to respond. The bill requires a toll-free, state-wide call center to be established. The bill requires reports. The bill defines terms. This section is new and has been completely underscored.

Relating to welfare system integrity

Del. Eric Householder [R]	Del. Brian Kurcaba [R]	Del. Joseph Statler [R]	Del. Jim Butler [R]
Del. Amy Summers [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-13	House	To House Judiciary
2015-02-13	House	Introduced in House
2015-02-13	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2015-02-13	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	5	24	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2729&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2729%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=2729