Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud

The order directs federal agencies to establish a Task Force to Eliminate Fraud to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in federally funded benefit programs administered by States, and to require States to provide enrollee information and implement basic fraud controls to enable Federal verification of eligibility. It instructs agencies to coordinate investigations and take actions against improper payments and program exploitation—citing specific examples and estimates such as Minnesota’s Medicaid and SNAP errors (including nearly $866 million in SNAP spending with about 9 percent error and a nearly $250 million school meals fraud)—and to pursue measures targeting state practices that allow self-certification, expanded eligibility, or refusal to share data.