Verification of Information

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Welfare
4. Programs and Services for Poor Persons
5. Medical Assistance Act
6. Verification of Information

1. Prior to awarding assistance, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the bureau of TennCare shall verify identity information for each respective applicant and enrollee against the following:
   1. Wage and income information maintained by state and federal sources;
   2. Immigration status information maintained by federal citizenship and immigration services; and
   3. Information maintained by the department of health, office of vital records.
2. Subsection (a) shall not take effect until the last day of the first full quarter following implementation of an automated, electronic eligibility system by the bureau of TennCare. The bureau of TennCare shall notify the executive secretary of the code commission upon implementation of an automated, electronic eligibility system.

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