Public assistance; local director of social services to determine eligibility. (HB1918)

Introduced By

Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-Oak Hill) with support from co-patron Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond)

Description

Public assistance; determining eligibility. Requires a local director of social services to verify identity, income, assets, and other information about an applicant for public assistance necessary, and consistent with federal law and regulations, for the purpose of determining eligibility for public assistance, eliminating the duplication of assistance, and deterring fraud and to deny public assistance in cases in which information provided by an applicant is inconsistent with information obtained by the local director. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to enter into a contract with a third-party vendor for the provision of data for the search required to be made by local directors of social services and to report annually to the General Assembly on the specific types and sources of information that local directors are using for such purpose, the number of applications for public assistance reviewed by local directors each year, the number of cases in which eligibility was approved or denied, the number of cases referred for investigation of potential fraud, and any savings to the Commonwealth resulting therefrom. Read the Bill »

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