SF0106

Establishes new citizenship verification requirements, eligibility redetermination intervals, and fraud prevention measures for Wyoming welfare programs including medicaid, supplemental nutrition assistance, and POWER.

• Modifies supplemental nutrition assistance program certification periods: assigns 4-month periods for zero-income households and able-bodied adults without dependents; 1-2 month periods for households expected to become ineligible soon; 6-month periods for non-elderly, non-disabled households. (W.S. 42-2-115)
• Prohibits reliance on self-attestation for medicaid eligibility verification of income, residency, identity, household composition, and citizenship/immigration status, except where required by federal law. (W.S. 42-10-108)
• Requires monthly review of address changes, out-of-state benefit transactions, and enrollment in multiple states for medicaid recipients; requires submission to national multistate databases by October 1, 2029; mandates annual reporting to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee. (W.S. 42-10-109)
• Limits retroactive medicaid eligibility to 2 months prior to application submission for initial applications only; requires rulemaking and annual reporting of denials and fiscal impact by August 1; implementation required by January 1, 2027. (W.S. 42-10-110)
• Requires eligibility redeterminations at least every 6 months for nonelderly parents and caretaker relatives, and at least every 12 months for all other medicaid recipients. (W.S. 42-10-111)
• Prohibits the department from seeking, applying for, accepting, or renewing waivers of work requirements under federal food assistance law without specific legislative authorization; prohibits exercising exemptions from work requirements. (W.S. 42-10-204)
• Restricts public assistance eligibility to United States citizens and nationals, or qualified aliens as defined under federal law, for food assistance, medicaid, and the POWER employment program. (W.S. 42-12-101)
• Requires citizenship or eligible alien status verification using SAVE online service or acceptable documentation (birth certificates, passports, immigration services documents) for supplemental nutrition assistance, medicaid, and POWER program applicants and recipients.