Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.031
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.031, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 32.031. RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission may accept federal funds for the support of the medical assistance program and may expend the funds in the manner prescribed by this chapter or other laws. The expenditures must be made in accordance with appropriate agreements between the state and the federal government.
(b) The commission may administer and expend state funds appropriated for the program in accordance with commission rules and the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The amount of state funds spent for medical assistance on behalf of a qualified individual may not exceed the amount that is matchable with federal funds, and the total amount of state funds spent for all medical assistance on behalf of all qualified individuals may not exceed the amount that is matchable with federal funds.
(d) The executive commissioner is empowered and authorized to pursue the use of local funds as part of the state share under the Medicaid program as provided by federal law and regulation.
(e) Public hospitals, including hospitals owned, operated, or leased by a governmental entity, including a municipality, county, hospital district, or this state, and specifically including a state teaching hospital, may transfer funds to the commission for use as the state share under the Medicaid disproportionate share program.
(b) The commission may administer and expend state funds appropriated for the program in accordance with commission rules and the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The amount of state funds spent for medical assistance on behalf of a qualified individual may not exceed the amount that is matchable with federal funds, and the total amount of state funds spent for all medical assistance on behalf of all qualified individuals may not exceed the amount that is matchable with federal funds.
(d) The executive commissioner is empowered and authorized to pursue the use of local funds as part of the state share under the Medicaid program as provided by federal law and regulation.
(e) Public hospitals, including hospitals owned, operated, or leased by a governmental entity, including a municipality, county, hospital district, or this state, and specifically including a state teaching hospital, may transfer funds to the commission for use as the state share under the Medicaid disproportionate share program.
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