7. HB 990 2nd Reading
POSITION
Oppose
House Record Vote: 295
Passage. 5/11/99 RV #295, p 2153 CSHB 990 failed to pass 62-80.
YCT Nay. The bill wouldl shift punishment for welfare fraud from criminal offenses to agency administrative offenses. The bill would have prohibited the Health and Human Services Commission from seeking criminal prosecution of individuals who engage in fraudulent conduct to obtain or try to obtain governmental financial assistance, food stamps, and Medicaid assistance. People who defraud taxpayers in receiving government assistance should be subject to criminal prosecution.
POSITION
Oppose
Vote Breakdown:
- Favor
- Oppose
- Absent
- Speaker
- Chair
- Absent, Excused
- Present, not voting
- Not Applicable
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