Requires states to share program data with the Justice Department for fraud cases

§1What it does

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This bill would require states to give the Justice Department the information it requires to investigate or prosecute suspected fraud in certain federally funded programs.^2,3 Covered programs include Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), certain federal coronavirus-response payments and grants to states, and any other program that sends federal money to states and that the Justice Department identifies as vulnerable to fraud.³ The data could be used only for law enforcement work on fraud, and agencies could not share it for other administrative or commercial purposes.³ The Justice Department would have to report to Congress each year on its requests to states, the programs involved, and the fraud investigations and convictions that resulted.³

§2Status

§3How Congress voted

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