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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 71 - Welfare
Chapter 5 - Programs and Services for Poor Persons
Part 3 - Food Assistance
§ 71-5-316. Data matches.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 71-5-316 (2017)
- (a) On at least a quarterly basis, the department of human services shall conduct data matches against information databases as required by federal law, including the following:
- (1) Earned and unearned income information maintained by the federal internal revenue service;
- (2) Employer reports of income and unemployment insurance payment information maintained by the federal department of labor;
- (3) Earned income information maintained by the federal social security administration;
- (4) Death register information maintained by the federal social security administration;
- (5) Prisoner information maintained by the federal social security administration;
- (6) Beneficiary records and earnings information maintained by the federal social security administration;
- (7) Employment information maintained by the Tennessee department of labor and workforce development;
- (8) Employment information regarding new hires maintained by the federal department of health and human services;
- (9) Supplemental security income information maintained by the federal social security administration; and
- (10) Veterans' benefits information maintained by the federal department of health and human services, in coordination with the Tennessee department of health and Tennessee department of veterans services.
- (b) The department of human services may explore joining any multi-state cooperative for identifying individuals who currently receive benefits in other states, such as the National Accuracy Clearinghouse.
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