Outside Section 15

EOHHS Debt Recovery By Tax Refund Intercept

SECTION 15.   (A) Section 1 of chapter 62D of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "assistance", in line 4, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, the following words: - , the executive office of health and human services.

(B) Said section 1 of said chapter 62D is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "assistance", in line 17, as so appearing, the following words: - or the executive office of health and human services.

(C) Said section 1 of said chapter 62D is hereby further amended by striking out , in lines 39 to 43, as so appearing, the words "for costs incurred as a result of noncompliance by that individual with an order to provide coverage for the cost of health services to a child eligible for assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, as further described in section 23 of chapter 118E" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- or the executive office of health and human services.
 
 

Summary:
This section allows the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Office of Medicaid to use the Department of Revenue tax intercept program to recover debts owed, regardless of the reason for the liability. Currently, only the Office of Medicaid may use the tax intercept, and the Office may only implement an intercept in limited cases where a liability exists.