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SB1002 - 572R - S Ver
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SNAP; TANF; public
welfare; verification
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1002
AN
ACT
amending title 46, chapter 2, article 2,
arizona revised statutes, by adding section 46-232; amending section 46-297.01,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to public assistance.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section
1.
1. Title
46, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 46-232, to read:
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46-232.
Supplemental nutrition assistance program; eligibility
evaluations; public posting; definitions
A. To determine or evaluate SNAP
eligibility, the department of economic security shall:
1. Enter into a data matching
agreement with the department of
Revenue to identify
households with lottery or gambling winnings of $3,000 or more and, to the
extent permissible under federal law, to treat the data obtained as verified on
receipt. To the extent the data may not be verified on receipt, the
department of economic security shall refer those households with lottery or
gambling winnings that are equal to or greater than the resource limit for
elderly or disabled households as defined in 7 Code of Federal Regulations
section 273.8(
b
) to the department of
economic security for further investigation.
2. On at least a monthly basis,
review information that is provided by the department of health services and
that identifies individuals who have had a change in circumstances that may
affect SNAP eligibility.
3. On at least a quarterly basis,
review
the department'S information that identifies
individuals who have had a change in circumstances that may affect SNAP
eligibility, including a CHANGE in unemployment benefits, employment status or
wages.
4. On at least a monthly basis,
review the
department's information that identifies
individuals who have had a change in circumstances that may affect SNAP
eligibility, including potential changes in residency as identified by out-of-state
electronic benefit transfer card transactions.
5. On at least a monthly basis,
review information that is provided by the state DEPARTMENT of corrections and
that identifies individuals who have had a change in circumstances that may
affect SNAP eligibility.
6. On at least a quarterly basis,
review information that is provided by the department of revenue and that
identifies households that have had a change in circumstances that may affect
SNAP eligibility, including potential changes in income, wages or residency as
identified by tax records.
7. On at least a quarterly basis,
post on the department's public website the following aggregated amounts that
were obtained from noncompliance and fraud investigations related to SNAP,
excluding confidential and personally identifiable information:
(
a
) The number
of SNAP cases that were investigated for intentional program violations or
fraud.
(
b
) The number
of SNAP cases that were referred to the attorney general's office for
prosecution.
(
c
) The amount
of Improper payments and expenditures.
(
d
) The amount
of monies recovered.
(
e
) The amount
of monies spent for improper payments and ineligible RECIPIENTS as a percentage
of cases that were investigated and reviewed.
(
f
) The amount
of monies spent by electronic benefit card transactions that occurred outside
of this state, categorized by state.
B. On at least a monthly basis, the
department of health services and the department of
economic
security shall review the following information from federal sources to assess
a recipient's continued eligibility for SNAP:
1. Earned income information, death
register information, incarceration records, supplemental security income
information, beneficiary records, earnings information and pension information
that is maintained by the United States social security administration.
2. Income and employment information
that is maintained in the national directory of new hires database and child
support enforcement data that is maintained by the united states department of
health and human services.
3. Payment and earnings information
that is maintained by the united states department of housing and urban
development.
4. National fleeing felon information
that is maintained by the United States federal bureau of investigation.
C. If the department receives
information that identifies an individual who is enrolled in SNAP and that
indicates a change in circumstances that may affect that individual's SNAP
eligibility, the department shall review that individual's case.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Department" means the
department of economic security.
2. "SNAP" means the
supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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Sec.
2.
2. Section
46-297.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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46-297.01.
Electronic benefit transfer cards; replacements; out-of-state
spending; fraud investigation
A. The
department shall send each recipient who requests two replacement cards within
a twelve-month period a letter informing the recipient that another
request will initiate an investigation by the department to determine whether
there is fraud. If a third-party vendor is administering
replacement cards directly to recipients, the vendor shall notify the
department after a recipient requests a second replacement card in a twelve-month
period and makes any subsequent request thereafter.
B. After
a recipient's request for a third replacement card within any twelve-month
period, and any subsequent request thereafter, the department shall schedule an
interview with the recipient and, if the department has been granted a waiver,
determine whether there is fraud before issuing a new card. The
recipient's request for a fourth replacement card requires the department to
schedule an interview with the recipient to determine whether there is fraud
before issuing a new card.� The department shall request any necessary federal
waivers to comply with this section.
C. If a recipient uses more than ten percent of the
recipient's electronic benefit transfer card balance in a six-month
period on out-of-state purchases, the department shall schedule an
interview with the recipient to determine whether there is fraud.
D. On at least a monthly basis, the
department shall use the data from an electronic benefit transfer card to
identify any individual who has made purchases exclusively out-of-state
over a ninety-day period.� The department shall contact the individual
who is identified within thirty days to determine whether that individual
resides in this state.� If the individual does not reside in this state, the
department shall remove that individual within thirty days after contacting the
individual.� Within fifteen days after the individual's removal, the department
shall refer the individual to the United States attorney's office for the
district
of arizona.
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