Chapter 62E

Section 2. Upon the hiring of an employee, such employers, including all governmental entities, and every labor organization, shall notify the department of revenue of the hiring of the employee. Every payor of income who enters into an agreement with a contractor for the perform…

Section 2A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the new hire reporting requirements of this chapter and the penalties associated with the failure to comply with those requirements shall apply to any entity electing to report new hire information to the Commonweal…

Section 3. The commissioner shall design, develop and implement a financial institution match system and shall operate the reporting systems: (1) for the purpose of verifying financial eligibility of a participant in a public benefit program of the commonwealth or any political s…

Section 4. (a) The commissioner shall request, not more than quarterly, from each institution as defined in subsection (e), the name, record address, social security number and other identifying data for each person listed in such request who maintains an account at such institut…

Section 5. The commissioner shall examine the data available under the reporting systems, make positive identification of cases in which recipients of programs included in the reporting systems are receiving wages or have other assets in excess of any threshold requirement establ…

Section 6. When any agency has probable cause to believe that the receipt of incorrect benefits under any such program was a result of a fraudulent action by the recipient, such agency shall refer the case to the bureau of special investigations for further action.

Section 6A. The director of the bureau of special investigations shall have access to agency, subgrantee or local administering agencies' records and accounts at reasonable times and may require the production of books, documents and vouchers by agencies, subgrantees and local ad…

Section 6B. Whenever the bureau finds probable cause to believe that a person has engaged in fraud in any such programs the bureau may notify other state agencies of such information so that such state agencies may investigate whether such person has engaged in fraud in other pro…

Section 7. The commissioner and the commissioner and the administering department may implement a system of wage verification on a continuous basis through the use of remote terminal units having on-line inquiry capability of the wage reporting data, such terminals to be located …

Section 7A. The commissioner may utilize the reporting systems in the administration of taxes, as defined in sections one and two of chapter sixty-two C, including proceedings and other activities, to determine or collect said taxes or criminal prosecution under chapters sixty A,…

Section 8. No employee or agent of the commonwealth shall divulge any information referred to in this chapter, except in the manner herein prescribed to any public or private agency or individual; provided, however, that information may be disclosed and shared by and between any …

Section 9. An employer or payor of income required to submit a report pursuant to this chapter who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with such reporting requirements shall be liable for a penalty assessed by the department in the following amount for each employee, contr…