Idaho Code § 56-205A

56-205A. supplemental nutrition assistance program integrity measures. (1) The department of health and welfare shall enter into a data-matching agreement with the Idaho state lottery commission to identify households with lottery winnings of three thousand dollars ($3,000) or more and, to the extent permissible under federal law, shall treat this data as verified upon receipt. To the extent that the data may not be verified upon receipt, the department shall make referrals for further investigation to identify households with winnings equal to or greater than the resource limit for elderly or disabled households as defined in 7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(1). The department shall promptly disenroll from the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) any household with winnings equal to or greater than the resource limit for elderly or disabled households.

(2) On at least a monthly basis, the department of health and welfare shall:

(a) Review information from the bureau of vital records and health statistics concerning individuals in households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility for SNAP, including but not limited to death records;

(b) Receive and review information concerning individuals in households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility for SNAP, including but not limited to potential changes in residency as identified by out-of-state electronic benefit transfer transactions;

(c) Receive and review information from the state department of correction concerning individuals in households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility for SNAP, including but not limited to incarceration status; and

(d) To assess continued eligibility and act on findings, review and act on the following data from federal sources:

(i) Earned income information, death register information, incarceration records, supplemental security income information, beneficiary records, earnings information, and pension information maintained by the United States social security administration;

(ii) Income and employment information maintained in the national directory of new hires database and child support enforcement data maintained by the United States department of health and human services;

(iii) Payment and earnings information maintained by the United States department of housing and urban development;

(iv) National fleeing felon information maintained by the federal bureau of investigation; and

(v) Address change information maintained in the United States postal service national change of address database.

(3) On at least a quarterly basis, the department of health and welfare shall:

(a) Receive and review information from the department of labor concerning individuals in households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility for SNAP, including but not limited to changes in employment or wages; and

(b) Receive and review information from the state tax commission concerning individuals in households enrolled in SNAP that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility for SNAP, including but not limited to potential changes in income, wages, or residency as identified by tax records.

(4) On at least a biannual basis, the department of health and welfare shall make available to the public on its website data from findings of noncompliance and fraud investigations in SNAP for the following aggregate, nonconfidential, and non-personally identifying information:

(a) The number of households investigated for intentional program violations or fraud;

(b) The total number of households referred for prosecution to the attorney general's office and United States attorney's office;

(c) Improper payments and expenditures;

(d) Moneys recovered;
raud investigations in SNAP for the following aggregate, nonconfidential, and non-personally identifying information:

(a) The number of households investigated for intentional program violations or fraud;

(b) The total number of households referred for prosecution to the attorney general's office and United States attorney's office;

(c) Improper payments and expenditures;

(d) Moneys recovered;

(e) Aggregate data concerning improper payments and ineligible recipients as a percentage of those investigated and reviewed; and

(f) The aggregate amount of funds expended by electronic benefit transfer card transactions in each state outside of Idaho.

(5) If the department of health and welfare receives information concerning an individual receiving SNAP benefits that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility for SNAP, the department shall review the household's case.

(6) In no case shall categorical eligibility under 7 U.S.C. 2014(a) or 7 CFR 273.2(j)(2)(ii) be granted for any noncash, in-kind, or other benefit, unless expressly required by federal law for SNAP.

(7) The department of health and welfare shall not apply gross income standards for SNAP higher than the standards specified in 7 U.S.C. 2014(c) or allowable financial resources higher than the standards specified in 7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(1), other than financial resources described in 7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(2)(D), unless expressly required by federal law. Exempting households from such gross income standards or allowable financial resource standards shall not be granted, unless expressly required by federal law.

(8) The department of health and welfare may apply alternate vehicle allowance standards authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(2)(D).

(9) The department of health and welfare shall assign certification periods no greater than six (6) months to households with zero (0) net income, households that include an able-bodied adult without dependents, and other households whose circumstances are determined by the department to be unstable, unless otherwise prohibited by federal law.

(10) The department of health and welfare shall assign certification periods of one (1) to two (2) months to households that the department determined will become ineligible for SNAP in the near future, unless otherwise prohibited under federal law.

History:

[56-205A, added 2026, ch. 294, sec. 1, p. 1215.]