§ 42-10-103 — Enhanced eligibility verification process

(a) Prior to awarding any public welfare benefit, and on a
quarterly basis after any benefit is awarded, the department
shall, to the extent practicable, determine the following
information as it relates to each applicant for or recipient of
a public welfare benefit:
(i) Earned and unearned income information maintained
by the United States internal revenue service;
(ii) Weekly, monthly or quarterly reports of income
and unemployment insurance payment information maintained by the
department of workforce services;
(iii) Income information maintained by the United
States social security administration;
(iv) Immigration status information maintained by the
United States citizenship and immigration services;
(v) Death register information maintained by the
United States social security administration;
(vi) Prisoner information maintained by the United
States social security administration;
(vii) Public housing and section 8 housing assistance
payment information;
(viii) Fleeing felon, probation or parole violation
information;
(ix) Wage reporting information maintained by states
contiguous to Wyoming;
(x) Beneficiary records and earnings information
maintained by the United States social security administration
in the beneficiary and earnings data exchange system;
(xi) Earnings and pension information maintained by
the United States social security administration in the
beneficiary earnings exchange record system;
(xii) Earnings and pension information maintained by
the Wyoming retirement system;
(xiii) Employment information maintained by the
department of workforce services;
(xiv) Employment information maintained by the United
States department of health and human services in the national
directory of new hires;
(xv) Supplemental security income information
maintained by the United States social security administration
in the social security income state data exchange system;
(xvi) Veterans' benefits information;
(xvii) Child care services information maintained by
the department;
(xviii) Utility payment information maintained by the
state under the low income home energy assistance program as
provided in W.S. 42-2-501;
(xix) Emergency utility payment information
maintained by the state or local governmental entities; and
(xx) Income and employment information maintained by
the department and the United States department of health and
human services office of child support enforcement.
(b) The department is authorized to enter into agreements
with third-party vendors to obtain the following information
prior to awarding any public welfare benefit, and on a quarterly
basis after any benefit is awarded:
(i) Information on public welfare benefits received
in other states maintained in any real time national database,
including the national accuracy clearinghouse;
(ii) A nationwide public records data source of
physical asset ownership including real property, automobiles,
watercraft, aircraft, luxury vehicles or any other vehicle;
(iii) A nationwide public records data source of
incarcerated individuals;
(iv) A nationwide best available address and driver's
license data source to verify individuals are residents of
Wyoming;
(v) A comprehensive public records database that
identifies potential identity fraud or identity theft which can
closely associate name, social security number, date of birth,
phone and address information; or
(vi) National and local financial institutions, in
order to locate undisclosed depository accounts or verify
account balances of disclosed accounts.
(c) In addition to the records specified in subsections
(a) and (b) of this section, the department may also consider
information from any database or source which is substantially
similar to or a successor of any record, database or information
specified under this section.