Bill > SF1648

This bill introduces two key provisions related to human services oversight and fraud prevention. First, it requires background checks for medical assistance vendors, mandating that the commissioner conduct background studies on all controlling individuals and managerial officials for vendors receiving medical assistance reimbursement. Vendors must demonstrate that these individuals either have no disqualifying background issues or have received a set-aside of any disqualification. Second, the bill establishes an automated fraud detection system for the Departments of Human Services and Children, Youth, and Families, which will review all vendor payments and payment requests for suspicious or potentially fraudulent activity. Fraud investigators will be required to review any flagged transactions, and the commissioners must conduct periodic analyses of the system's efficiency using earned value management techniques, with results to be reported to legislative committees during the regular legislative session. These provisions aim to enhance accountability, reduce fraud, and ensure the integrity of medical assistance and human services programs by implementing more rigorous screening and monitoring processes.

Health and Social Services

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