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KS HB2360

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Welfare Reform

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Secretary for Children and Families and Secretary of Health and Environment to enter into data matching agreements with commercial payroll data providers to obtain real-time employment and income data for verifying food assistance, Medicaid, and child support eligibility, or present options to the legislative coordinating council by November 1, 2025

  • Mandates regular data checks from multiple state agencies: monthly death records from vital statistics, quarterly employment data from the department of labor, monthly incarceration status from corrections, and quarterly tax records from the department of revenue

  • Requires monthly review of lottery and gambling winnings from the Kansas Lottery and Racing and Gaming Commission, flagging recipients with winnings of $3,000 or greater for eligibility review

  • Directs monthly verification against federal databases including Social Security Administration records, the national directory of new hires, HUD payment information, and FBI fleeing felon data

  • Requires quarterly public reporting on the DCF website of aggregate fraud investigation data, including number of investigations, prosecutions referred, improper payments, recovered funds, and out-of-state EBT transactions

Legislative Description

Directing the secretary for children and families to review and compare data for public assistance program eligibility.

Last Action

House Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 152-S

2/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Welfare Reform2/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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