H.B. No. 2004
AN ACT
relating to the dismissal of certain actions relating to Medicaid
fraud.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 36.102, Human Resources
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 36.102. INITIATION OF ACTION; CONSENT REQUIRED FOR
DISMISSAL.
SECTION 2. Section 36.102(e), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) An action under this subchapter may be dismissed [before
the end of the period during which the petition remains under seal]
only if the court and the attorney general consent in writing to the
dismissal and state their reasons for consenting.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an action brought on or after the effective date of this Act. An
action brought before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law applicable to the action immediately before the effective
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2004 was passed by the House on April
24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 6, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2004 was passed by the Senate on May
8, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor