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(xiv) Employment information maintained by the United States department of health and human services in the national directory of new hires;

Note: Effective 1/1/2027 this paragraph will read as:

(xiv) Employment information maintained by the United States department of health and human services in the national directory of new hires, reviewed by the department of family services at every application and recertification period;

(xv) Supplemental security income information maintained by the United States social security administration in the social security income state data exchange system;

Note: Effective 1/1/2027 this paragraph will read as:

(xv) Supplemental security income information maintained by the United States social security administration in the social security income state data exchange system, reviewed by the department at every application and recertification period;

(xvi) Veterans' benefits information;

(xvii) Child care services information maintained by the department;

(xviii) Utility payment information maintained by the state under the low income home energy assistance program as provided in W.S. 42-2-501;

(xix) Emergency utility payment information maintained by the state or local governmental entities; and

(xx) Income and employment information maintained by the department and the United States department of health and human services office of child support enforcement.

(b) The department is authorized to enter into agreements with third-party vendors to obtain the following information prior to awarding any public welfare benefit, and on a quarterly basis after any benefit is awarded:

(i) Information on public welfare benefits received in other states maintained in any real time national database, including the national accuracy clearinghouse;