Tex. Human Resources Code § 22.0254
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 22.0254, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 22.0254. PROSECUTION OF FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall keep a record of the dispositions of referrals made by the commission to a district attorney concerning fraudulent claims for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or the program of financial assistance under Chapter 31.
(b) The commission may:
(1) request status information biweekly from the appropriate district attorney on each major fraudulent claim referred by the commission;
(2) request a written explanation from the appropriate district attorney for each case referred in which the district attorney declines to prosecute; and
(3) encourage the creation of a special welfare fraud unit in each district attorney's office that serves a municipality with a population of more than 250,000, to be financed by amounts provided by the commission.
(c) The executive commissioner by rule may define what constitutes a major fraudulent claim under Subsection (b)(1).
(b) The commission may:
(1) request status information biweekly from the appropriate district attorney on each major fraudulent claim referred by the commission;
(2) request a written explanation from the appropriate district attorney for each case referred in which the district attorney declines to prosecute; and
(3) encourage the creation of a special welfare fraud unit in each district attorney's office that serves a municipality with a population of more than 250,000, to be financed by amounts provided by the commission.
(c) The executive commissioner by rule may define what constitutes a major fraudulent claim under Subsection (b)(1).
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