H.R. 10326 — PROOF Act

This section requires states administering specified federal programs to provide the Attorney General, upon written request, with information for investigating or prosecuting fraud in those programs. The programs include Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, state unemployment compensation, the Coronavirus Relief Fund, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, Emergency Rental Assistance, elementary and secondary school emergency relief grants, the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, Community Development Block Grants, FEMA Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation grants, the State Small Business Credit Initiative, and any other program the Attorney General identifies as fraud-vulnerable. The required information covers identity verification records, benefit disbursement logs, provider billing statements, and related demographic data.

This section requires the Attorney General to handle all information obtained under the Act in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and applicable HIPAA regulations. It directs the Attorney General to establish security protocols requiring industry-standard encryption, access limited to authorized personnel, and permanent destruction of information after relevant legal proceedings or investigations, and prohibits federal agencies from using or disclosing such information for any purpose other than fraud-related law enforcement.

This section requires the Attorney General to submit a report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, beginning one year after enactment and annually thereafter, detailing the number of requests issued to state agencies under the Act, the programs involved, and the number of fraud investigations initiated and convictions secured using the information obtained.

This section provides that if any provision of the Act is held unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act and its application to any person or circumstance remain in effect.