Bill Text: TX SB1811 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-26 - Left pending in committee [SB1811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1811-Introduced.html
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| By: Taylor of Collin | S.B. No. 1811 | |
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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. | ||
