The Federal Workers' Compensation Integrity and Care Act amends federal workers' compensation law to give the Department of Labor expanded access to employment and earnings data to detect and prevent improper payments. Specifically, the bill allows the Labor Secretary to request earnings information and Social Security benefit data from the Social Security Administration and employment information from the Department of Health and Human Services without notifying the affected employees. The Labor Secretary must establish memorandums of understanding with both agencies within 90 days of enactment to determine how the information will be shared, and must also establish procedures within the same timeframe for matching employee identities with the data obtained. The bill applies to all federal workers' compensation payments made after it becomes law and has no new appropriated funding specified, as agencies would handle the data sharing at existing expense.
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