Sec. 4107. Income verification
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Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2026 ) (as amended by section 4103(c)(2)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the following: Under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers to be appropriate, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program (referred to in this subsection as the pilot program ) under which not more than 8 States may carry out pilot projects to test strategies to improve the accuracy or efficiency of the process for verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
In carrying out the pilot program, prior to soliciting applications for pilot projects from State agencies, the Secretary shall— assess the availability of up-to-date earned income information from different commercial data service providers; and make a determination regarding the overall cost-effectiveness to the Department of Agriculture and the State agencies administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program of— the Secretary entering into a contract with a commercial data service provider to provide to State agencies carrying out pilot projects up-to-date earned income information for verification of the earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program; the Secretary entering into an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow State agencies carrying out pilot projects to verify earned income information at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State using up-to-date earned income information from a commercial data service provider under the electronic interface developed by the State and used by the State Medicaid agency to verify income eligibility for the State Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); or a State agency carrying out a pilot project entering into a contract with a commercial data service provider to obtain up-to-date earned income information to verify the earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State.
If determined appropriate by the Secretary, the Secretary may, based on the cost-effectiveness determination described in subparagraph (A)(ii)— enter into a contract described in subclause
(I)of that subparagraph; enter into an agreement described in subclause
(II)of that subparagraph; or allow each State agency carrying out a pilot project to enter into a contract described in subclause
(III)of that subparagraph, on the condition that the Federal share of the cost of the contract shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the contract. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the assessment and determination under subparagraph (A). A State agency seeking to carry out a pilot project under the pilot program shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including— an identification of the 1 or more proposed changes to the process for verifying earned income used by the State agency; a description of how the proposed changes under clause
(i)would meet the purpose described in paragraph (1); and a plan to evaluate how the proposed changes under clause
(i)would improve the accuracy or efficiency of the verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State. The Secretary shall select to carry out pilot projects State agencies that, as determined by the Secretary— do not have access to up-to-date earned income information for the verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State; would be able to access and use, for the verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State, up-to-date earned income information used to determine eligibility for another Federal assistance program; or have cost-effective, innovative approaches to verifying earned income that would improve the accuracy or efficiency of the verification of earned income at certification and recertification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program in the State. The Secretary may make grants to a State agency to carry out a pilot project. A pilot project carried out under this subsection shall not alter the eligibility requirements under section 5 or the reporting requirements under section 6(c). Not later than 180 days after the date on which the pilot program terminates under paragraph (8), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the pilot projects carried out under the pilot program. Out of funds made available under section 18(a)(1), on October 1, 2018, the Secretary shall make available $10,000,000 to carry out this subsection, to remain available until expended. The Secretary shall allocate not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available under subparagraph
(A)to carry out subparagraphs
(A)and
(C)of paragraph
(2)and paragraph (6). The pilot program shall terminate not later than September 30, 2022. .
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