By: Schaefer H.B. No. 3410
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services
Commission to employ peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.1022, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) to read as follows:
Sec. 531.1022. PEACE OFFICERS. (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 the
Medicaid program and may employ peace officers for the purpose of
the investigation of fraud in the S
upplemental Nutritional
Assistance Program administered by the commission.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.