Bill Text: TX HB2523 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in certain public benefits programs by the office of inspector general for the Health and Human Services Commission.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB2523 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2523-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in certain public benefits programs by the office of inspector general for the Health and Human Services Commission.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB2523 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2523-Introduced.html
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By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 2523 |
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relating to the investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in certain | ||
public benefits programs by the office of inspector general for the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 531.1022(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission's office of inspector general shall | ||
employ and commission not more than five peace officers at any given | ||
time for the purpose of assisting the office in carrying out the | ||
duties of the office relating to the investigation of fraud, waste, | ||
and abuse in: | ||
(1) Medicaid; | ||
(2) the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, | ||
Human Resources Code; | ||
(3) the supplemental nutrition assistance program | ||
under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code; and | ||
(4) the federal special supplemental nutrition | ||
program for women, infants, and children authorized by 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 1786. | ||
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |