83R24569 EES-D
By: King of Taylor, Riddle, White, H.B. No. 947
N. Gonzalez of El Paso
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 947:
By: Kolkhorst C.S.H.B. No. 947
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fraud, waste, and abuse in the supplemental nutrition
assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The office of inspector general of the
Health and Human Services Commission shall review the manner in
which:
(1) the office investigates fraud, waste, and abuse in
the supplemental nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33,
Human Resources Code, including in the provision of benefits under
that program; and
(2) the office coordinates with other state and
federal agencies in conducting those investigations.
(b) Not later than September 1, 2014, and based on the
review required by Subsection (a) of this section, the office of
inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
submit to the legislature a written report containing strategies
for addressing fraud, waste, and abuse in the supplemental
nutrition assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources
Code, including in the provision of benefits under that program.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2015.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.