Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-736

EHS 736

Enhanced Photo Identification

Messrs. Moore, Tarr and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section ____, the following new section:-

“SECTION ____. Paragraph (B) of section 2 of chapter 18 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 65 of the acts of 2013, is hereby further amended by adding the following clause:-

(m) The department of transitional assistance shall work with the registry of motor vehicles to access and cross-share facial recognition data and resources for the purpose of identifying potential fraud no later than December 31, 2015. The department shall report to the bureau of special investigations, district attorney or appropriate law enforcement entities, for such action as they may deem proper, any case where there is reason to believe that fraud has been committed.”