Title: Income Verification Act
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
Income Verification Act
This bill directs states to use federal tax return information to verify an individual's income eligibility for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, Medicaid, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as the food stamp program).

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 588 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 588

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2019

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Income Verification Act''.

SEC. 2. VERIFICATION OF TANF INCOME ELIGIBILITY.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 408(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(13) Verification of income using federal tax return 
        information.--A State to which a grant is made under section 
        403 shall use return information disclosed to the State agency 
        responsible for administering the State program funded 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 family's income for purposes of determining the 
        individual's or family's eligibility for, and amount of, 
        assistance 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 adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(L) Verification of income using federal tax return 
        information.--A State shall use return information disclosed to 
        the State agency 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 modified 
                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 ASSISTANCE 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 period at the 
        end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(27) that in determining the eligibility of an applicant 
        household under paragraph (3), the State agency shall verify 
        the income of the household using return information for that 
        household disclosed to the State agency under section 
        6103(l)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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