HB4001 S H&HR AMT

Johnson 7909

The Committee on Health and Human Resources moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4001--A Bill to amend and reenact §9-2-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §9-7-2, §9-7-5, and §9-7-6 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §9-8-1, §9-8-2, §9-8-3, §9-8-4, §9-8-5, §9-8-6, §9-8-7, §9-8-8, §9-8-9, §9-8-10, §9-8-11, and §9-8-12; and to amend and reenact §61-3-54 of said code, all relating to investigations, inspections, evaluations, and review conducted by the Department of Health and Human Resources to prevent fraud and abuse; disenrolling providers who commit fraud and requiring repayment; defining fraud as it relates to Medicaid; authorizing penalties against providers for failure to keep medical records for a specific time period; authorizing a civil cause of action for fraud when a person or entity knew or should have known a claim to be false; enlarging the statute of limitations to file health care fraud civil actions; requiring a data analytics pilot program; requiring a report on the pilot project to the Legislature; defining terms relating to public assistance; requiring the Department of Health and Human Resources to implement work requirements for applicants of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); to limit recipients to 3 months of benefits in any 36-month period unless the recipient is working or participating in a work, educational, or volunteer program for at least 20 hours a week; requiring discontinuance of a federal waiver in certain counties; requiring a study of the impact of the SNAP work requirements in those counties where they were implemented; eliminating the federal waiver statewide within a certain time-period; requiring a report to the legislature; establishing work requirements; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a design or establishment of a computerized income, asset, and identity verification system for each public assistance program administered by the Department of Health and Human Resources; allowing for contracting with a third-party vendor; setting out required contract terms; requiring accessing information of various federal, state, and miscellaneous sources for eligibility verification; requiring identity authentication as a condition to receive public assistance; requiring the department to study the feasibility of requiring photos on EBT cards; specifying procedures for case review of public assistance benefits; setting forth notice requirements and right to a hearing; requiring referrals for fraud, misrepresentation, and inadequate documentation; authorizing referrals of suspected cases of fraud for criminal prosecution; requiring report to the Governor and Legislature; setting forth prohibitions on the use of an electronic benefit transfer card; tracking out-of-state spending of SNAP and TANF benefits; providing for rulemaking; and providing a penalty for taking the identity of another person for the purpose of gaining employment.

Adopted

Rejected