United StatesBill would require states to share program records with the Attorney General for fraud cases
If it becomes law, state officials running programs like Medicaid, food assistance, and unemployment benefits would have to give the Attorney General fraud-related records when asked in writing.
What it does
When the Attorney General asks in writing, state officials running aid programs like Medicaid, SNAP, and unemployment benefits must provide information for fraud investigations.
States would hand over records such as identity checks, payment logs, and provider bills, plus other information the Attorney General decides is needed.
The data would have to be encrypted, limited to authorized staff, destroyed when the case ends, and used only for fraud-related law enforcement.
Each year the Attorney General would report to Congress how many requests were made and how many fraud cases and convictions followed.
Argument forEasier access to state records could help federal prosecutors find and prove fraud in aid programs, which may protect taxpayer money.
Argument againstSending identity and benefit records of many people to the federal government could risk their privacy, even with the safeguards, since the Attorney General may request other information too.
More detail
The head of a State administering a listed program must give the Attorney General the information needed to investigate or prosecute alleged fraud in that program. Listed programs include Medicaid, the food assistance program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, state unemployment programs, pandemic relief funds, school relief grants, broadband grants, and disaster aid programs. The Attorney General may add others found vulnerable to fraud. The duty applies only after the Attorney General sends a written request. The act takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.
The information states must provide covers identity verification records, benefit payment logs, and provider billing statements. It also covers demographic information directly related to an active fraud investigation and any other information the Attorney General finds appropriate for the investigation or prosecution.
The Attorney General must follow the Privacy Act and, where it applies, federal health privacy rules, and must set security rules for the data. Data from state agencies must be encrypted, open only to authorized staff, and destroyed after the case ends. Federal agencies may use it only for fraud-related law enforcement.
The Attorney General must send the Senate and House Judiciary Committees a yearly report on the requests made, the programs involved, and the investigations and convictions that resulted. It applies to the Attorney General. The first report is due within 1 year after the bill becomes law, then every year.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 17Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Latest
- Sep 16Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1530. (consideration: CR H5947-5953)
- Vote recorded On Passage. Result: Passed.House
- Sep 16Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 9576, H.R. 10326, H.J. Res. 210 and H.J. Res. 213. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 9576, H.R. 10326, H.J.Res. 210, and H.J.Res. 213 under a closed rule with one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each measure. The resolution provides for a motion to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 5334.
- Sep 16DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 10326.
- Sep 16The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Sep 16POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 10326, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill, and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Raskin demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Sep 16Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5957-5958)
- Sep 16Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 207 (Roll no. 310). (text: CR H5947)Passed House
- Sep 16Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1530 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 9576, H.R. 10326, H.J. Res. 210 and H.J. Res. 213. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 9576, H.R. 10326, H.J.Res. 210, and H.J.Res. 213 under a closed rule with one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each measure. The resolution provides for a motion to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 5334.
- Sep 10Introduced in House
- Sep 10Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.Introduced
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