HB2148 - Tennessee: Business And Commerce, Municipal Government, Privacy, Confidentiality, State Government

Privacy, Confidentiality - Requires strict protection of social security numbers in the possession of any businesses or government entities in this state; creates Class B misdemeanor for violation. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 39 and Title 47, Chapter 18. Fiscal Summary for HB2148 / *SB1573Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $10,000,000 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $5,000,000 Other Fiscal Impact - The restrictions on the use of social security numbers as provided by the bill could place a significant amount of federal funds to the state in jeopardy if the state can no longer use these numbers in the manner required to receive federal matching funds for a number of programs. In FY05-06, the state received $8,732,759,600 from the federal government. If the state were to lose half of these funds due to non-compliance with federal regulations for programs receiving matching [...]

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