The purpose of this bill is to prevent fraud and abuse through investigations, inspections, evaluations, and review conducted by the Department of Health and Human Resources; dis-enrolling providers who commit fraud and requiring repayment; defining fraud as it relates to Medicaid; authorizing penalties against providers for failure to keep medical records for a specific time period; authorizing a civil cause of action for fraud when a person or entity knew or should have known a claim to be false; enlarging the statute of limitations to file health care fraud civil actions; defining terms relating to public assistance fraud; providing for an asset test for SNAP benefits which authorizes the access of information of various federal, state and miscellaneous sources; requiring cooperation with the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement; requiring a design or establishment of a computerized income, asset, and identity verification system for each public assistance program administered by the department; allowing for contracting with a third-party vendor; setting out required contract terms; requiring accessing information of various federal, state, and miscellaneous sources for eligibility verification; requiring identity authentication as a condition to receive public assistance; authorizing the department to study the feasibility of requiring photos on EBT cards; prohibiting payment of public assistance benefits in specified instances; setting forth notice requirements and right to a hearing; requiring referrals for fraud, misrepresentation, and inadequate documentation; requiring report to the Governor and Legislature; setting forth prohibitions on the use of an electronic benefit transfer card; tracking out-of-state spending of SNAP and TANF benefits; providing for rulemaking; and providing a penalty for taking the identity of another person for the purpose of gaining employment.