§ 404. State agencies to furnish information

(a) Any governmental official or agency in the State, when requested by the Department of Vermont Health Access, shall furnish to the Department information in the official's or agency's possession with reference to aid given or money paid or to be paid to any person or person's spouse who is applying for or is receiving assistance or benefits from the Department of Vermont Health Access.

(b) The Commissioner of Taxes, when requested by the Commissioner of Vermont Health Access, and unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, shall compare the information furnished by an applicant or recipient of assistance with the State income tax returns filed by such person and shall report his or her findings to the Commissioner of Vermont Health Access. Each application for assistance shall contain a form of consent, executed by the applicant, granting permission to the Commissioner of Taxes to disclose such information to the Commissioner of Vermont Health Access.

(c) On the first day of each month, each unit of the Superior Court shall provide to the Commissioner of Vermont Health Access a list of all estates, including testate, intestate, and small estates, opened during the previous calendar month within the jurisdiction of that unit's Probate Division. The list shall contain the following information for each estate:

(1) the decedent's full name;

(2) the decedent's date of birth;

(3) the decedent's date of death;

(4) the docket number;

(5) the date on which the estate was opened; and

(6) the full name and contact information for the executor or administrator or his or her legal representative. (Added 2017, No. 210 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 1, 2018.)