HB1117 - Tennessee - Criminal Offenses

Companion Bill SB1652. Criminal Offenses - Creates a Class C felony offense for providing a public servant with documentation falsely stating or implying that a person is a legally documented immigrant to the United States for the purpose of obtaining certain public benefits including TennCare. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39, Chapter 16, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for *HB1117 / SB1652Increase State Expenditures - $39,600 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB1117 / SB1652 Under this bill, it would be a Class C felony for any person to provide a public servant with documentation, knowing that the documentation is false, for the purpose of receiving any public benefit for indigent persons, including post-secondary educational grants, scholarships, or reduced fees or tuition, public health benefits provided through the department of health, TennCare,[...]

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