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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1495 
To require State agencies to use Federal tax return information to verify 
income eligibility for Medicaid, the Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families program, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2019 
Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. 
HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. STEUBE, and Mr. GROTHMAN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require State agencies to use Federal tax return informa-
tion to verify income eligibility for Medicaid, the Tem-
porary Assistance for Needy Families program, and the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Income Verification 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. VERIFICATION OF TANF INCOME ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 408(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) VERIFICATION OF INCOME USING FED-
ERAL
TAX
RETURN
INFORMATION.—A State to 
which a grant is made under section 403 shall use 
return information disclosed to the State agency re-
sponsible for administering the State program fund-
ed under this part in accordance with section 
6103(l)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
verify the determination of an individual’s or fam-
ily’s income for purposes of determining the individ-
ual’s or family’s eligibility for, and amount of, as-
sistance under the State program funded under this 
part.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. VERIFICATION OF MEDICAID INCOME ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(e)(14) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(14)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(L) VERIFICATION
OF
INCOME
USING
FED-
ERAL
TAX
RETURN
INFORMATION.—A State shall 
use return information disclosed to the State agency 
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responsible for administering the State plan under 
this title in accordance with section 6103(l)(7) of the 
Internal Revenue Code to verify a determination of 
income eligibility for any individual— 
‘‘(i) whose eligibility for medical assistance 
is determined based on the application of modi-
fied adjusted gross income under subparagraph 
(A); 
‘‘(ii) who is described in subclause (II), 
(IV), or (V) of subparagraph (D)(i); or 
‘‘(iii) to whom clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of 
subparagraph (D) applies.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. VERIFICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11(e) of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (25)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (26)(C)(ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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