Proposed Bill Would Require Kansas Governor to Submit Personal Food Assistance Data to Feds

Proposed bill would require Kansas governor to submit personal food assistance data to feds

Attorney General Kris Kobach testified before the Senate Committee on Government Efficiency about the need for Kansas to submit requested food assistance data to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — An ongoing battle between the attorney general and Kansas governor about releasing Kansans’ personal data to the federal government made its way to a Tuesday committee hearing on a bill intended to for…

Kobach backs bill forcing governor to turn over food-assistance data

Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday urged Kansas lawmakers to pass a law that would force Gov. Laura Kelly's administration to supply food-assistance information sought by the federal government. Kobach testified on behalf of a bill requiring the state's social services secretary to respond fully to any written request for information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the food-assistance program. The USDA is …