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ME · LD612INTRO · 10 COSPONSORS

An Act to Require the Department of Health and Human Services to Review Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Electronic Benefits Transfer Card Transactions and Lottery Operations

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This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to check if lottery winners also receive Medicaid or food assistance. If a winner receives these benefits, the department will deduct up to five years of benefit costs from their lottery prize. The bill also requires the department to monitor out-of-state electronic benefits card use and end benefits for recipients who only use their card out-of-state for 90 days and no longer live in Maine or do not respond to contact.

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