17RS Senate Resolution 165

Senate Resolution 165

Actions

Last Action	to Health & Welfare (S)
Title	A RESOLUTION declaring the intention of the Senate to carefully monitor and encourage wise stewardship of public resources as the Cabinet for Health and Family Services undertakes systemic efforts to reform eligibility testing for benefits and welfare programs.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1893
Sponsor	J. Adams
Summary of Original Version	Establish the "Citizen and Taxpayer Stewardship Act of 2017"; recommend that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services utilize enhanced eligibility verification and periodic continuing monitoring of enrollees and applicants' finances and wealth; establish a process when discrepancies between reported finances and actual finances are discovered; recommend use of photographic ID within benefits programs such as food stamps or TANF; recommend information sharing practices to better determine eligibility and establish a monitoring infrastructure; recommend how to refer cases of fraud and identity fraud; recommend a resource limit for the food stamps program; recommend utilization of the work requirements established for able-bodied Medicaid recipients in the KY HEALTH 1115 Waiver within the food stamps and TANF programs and any other benefits reform; recommend utilization of the 1996 work requirements as a resource and policy goal as benefits reform continues; direct that progress reports and final presentations about the updates and direction of the benefits programs be given to the IJC on Health and Welfare and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee; request that all updates be completed, legislation recommended, and any necessary waivers requested by December 31, 2019.
Index Headings of Original Version	Data Processing - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Disabilities and the Disabled - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Diseases - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Drugs and Medicines - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Federal Laws and Regulations - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates General Assembly - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Health and Medical Services - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Mental Disability - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Public Assistance - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Public Medical Assistance - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Medicaid - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, technology updates Aged Persons and Aging - Citizen and taxpayer stewardship, recommend benefits reform and infrastructure updates

03/08/17	introduced in Senate
03/14/17	to Health & Welfare (S)