Closing the Provider Fraud Gap Act

This bill would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO), led by the Comptroller General, to study how fraud by service providers is prevented in federal early childhood education, child care, and child nutrition programs. The programs covered include Head Start and Early Head Start, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Child Care and Development Block Grant program. The study would look at whether current fraud prevention steps work and whether the federal government receives and uses enough data to identify fraud. For the child care block grant, it would also review results in states that hand off program management to counties or other local entities, and any corrective action plans states have used. The GAO would report its findings and any recommendations to House and Senate committees within 2 years.

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Sponsors

• Burgess Owens Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors