[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR30.20]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 30_CLAIMS COLLECTION--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart B_Collection of Claims

 

Sec.  30.20  Taxpayer information.



    (a) The Secretary shall enter into reimbursable agreements with the 

Internal Revenue Service in accordance with IRS Revenue Procedure 83-29, 

26 CFR 601.702, to obtain the current mailing addresses of debtors and 

to find out whether applicants under included Federal loan programs have 

overdue tax accounts.

    (b) ``Included Federal loan program'' means any program under which 

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Department makes, guarantees or insures loans and which appears in the 

current list of included Federal loan programs published by the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget in the Federal Register. An 

applicant for a loan under an included Federal loan program administered 

by the Department must furnish his or her taxpayer identification 

number, which, for an individual, means the Social Security number.

    (c) Tax delinquency information may not be redisclosed or used for 

any other purpose. Addresses obtained from the Internal Revenue Service 

may be used by the Department, its officers, employees, agents or 

contractors and other Federal agencies to collect or dispose of debts, 

but may be disclosed to consumer reporting agencies only to obtain 

credit reports, unless otherwise independently verified.