House to Conduct Biometrics Study to Prevent Welfare Fraud

House to Conduct Biometrics  Study to Prevent Welfare Fraud

House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) has secured language in the fiscal year 2016 House budget aimed at detecting and reducing fraud in the state’s public assistance programs through the use of a biometric authentication system. The language, approved unanimously as part of an omnibus budget amendment on April 28, requires the […]