,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ehh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1      
#bjai,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to require ,state agencies  
to use ,federal tax return information  
to verify income eligibility for        
,medicaid1 the ,temporary ,assistance   
for ,needy ,families program1 and the   
,supplemental ,nutrition ,assistance    
,program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,income             
,verification ,act4  #b4 ,verification  
of ,,tanf income eligibility  7a7       
,requirement ,section #djh7;a7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fjh7;a77 is amended by adding at the   
end the following new paragraph3  7#ac7 
,verification of income using ,federal  
tax return information ,a ,state to     
which a grant is made under section #djc
 shall use return information disclosed 
to the ,state agency responsible for    

administering the ,state program funded 
under this part in accordance with      
section #fajc7l77#g7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf to verify the   
determination of an individual's or     
family's income for purposes of         
determining the individual's or family's
 eligibility for1 and amount of1        
assistance under the ,state program     
funded under this part4  4  7b7         
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
this section shall take effect on the   
date that is #ahj days after the date of
 enactment of this ,act4  #c4           
,verification of ,medicaid income       
eligibility  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#aijb7;e77#ad7 of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7e77#ad77 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subparagraph3  7,l7       
,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       
#fajc7l77#g7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code to verify a determination of      
income eligibility for any individual-- 
7i7 whose eligibility for medical       
assistance is determined based on the   
application of modified adjusted gross  
income under subparagraph 7,a72  7ii7   
who is described in subclause 7,,ii71   
7,,iv71 or 7,v7 of subparagraph 7,d77i72
 or  7iii7 to whom clause 7ii71 7iii71  
or 7iv7 of subparagraph 7,d7 applies4  4
  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment    
made by this section shall take effect  
on the date that is #ahj days after the 
date of enactment of this ,act4  #d4    
,verification of ,supplemental          
,nutrition ,assistance ,program 7,,snap7
 eligibility  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#aa7;e7 of the ,food and ,nutrition ,act
 of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #bjbj7;e77 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph             
7#be77;,b77ii71 by striking and at the  
end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#bf77;,c77ii71 
by striking the period at the end and   

inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#bg7 that in   
determining the eligibility of an       
applicant household under paragraph     
7#c71 the ,state agency shall verify the
 income of the household using return   
information for that household disclosed
 to the ,state agency under section     
#fajc7l77#g7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf4  4  7b7 ,effective date 
,the amendments made by this section    
shall take effect on the date that is   
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act4