The ability of state agencies to stop payment to program participants suspected of fraud may be strengthened.
A 2025 law allows state agencies to withhold payments to a program participant for up to 60 days if there is a preponderance of evidence the participant has committed fraud to obtain payments. The provision is set to expire July 1, 2027.
Repassed unanimously by the House Sunday after it was amended and passed unanimously by the Senate, HF3629, now awaiting gubernatorial action, would remove the 60-day cap and the expiration date, and it would lower the evidentiary standard to a credible allegation of fraud that is verified by the agency. An agency’s decision could no longer be appealed to the state court of administrative hearings, rather the participant could request administrative reconsideration by the agency.
Agencies would be permitted to notify each other and can…
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