09 LC 33
2987S
The
Senate Health and Human Services Committee offered the following substitute to
SB 165:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social
services, so as to authorize the Department of Community Health to obtain income
eligibility verification from the Department of Revenue for applicants for
Medicaid and the PeachCare for Kids Program; to provide for related matters; to
provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Title
49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to social services, is
amended in Code Section 49-4-146.1, relating to unlawful acts, violations and
penalties, recovery of excess amounts, termination and reinstatement of
providers, and the duty of the department to identify and investigate violations
and notify proper authorities under the Medicaid program, by adding a new
subsection to read as follows:
"(j)
As necessary to enforce the provisions of this article, the department or its
duly authorized agents shall submit to the state revenue commissioner the names
of applicants for medical assistance or other benefits or payments provided
under this article, as well as the relevant income threshold specified therein.
The state revenue commissioner and his or her agents or employees shall notify
the department whether or not each submitted applicant's income exceeds the
relevant income threshold provided. The department shall pay the state revenue
commissioner for all costs incurred by the Department of Revenue pursuant to
this subsection. No information shall be provided by the Department of Revenue
to the department without an executed cooperative agreement between the two
departments. Any tax information secured from the federal government by the
Department of Revenue pursuant to express provisions of Section 6103 of the
Internal Revenue Code may not be disclosed by the Department of Revenue pursuant
to this subsection. Any person receiving any tax information under the
authority of this subsection is subject to the provisions of Code Section
48-7-60 and to all penalties provided under Code Section 48-7-61 for unlawful
divulging of confidential tax
information."
SECTION
2.
Said
title is further amended in Code Section 49-5-273, relating to the creation of
the PeachCare for Kids Program, by adding a new subsection to read as
follows:
"(o)
As necessary to enforce the provisions of this article, the department or its
duly authorized agents shall submit to the state revenue commissioner the names
of applicants for health care benefits or payments provided under this article,
as well as the relevant income threshold specified therein. The state revenue
commissioner and his or her agents or employees shall notify the department
whether or not each submitted applicant's income exceeds the relevant income
threshold provided. The department shall pay the state revenue commissioner for
all costs incurred by the Department of
Revenue
pursuant to
this subsection. No information shall be provided by the Department of Revenue
to the department without an executed cooperative agreement between the two
departments. Any tax information secured from the federal government by the
Department of Revenue pursuant to express provisions of Section 6103 of the
Internal Revenue Code may not be disclosed by the Department of Revenue pursuant
to this subsection. Any person receiving any tax information under the
authority of this subsection is subject to the provisions of Code Section
48-7-60 and to all penalties provided under Code Section 48-7-61 for unlawful
divulging of confidential tax
information."
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective on January 1, 2010.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.