| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 18, 2019, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | | - | April 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; April 15, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 7 | | relating to the dismissal of certain actions relating to Medicaid |
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| 12 | 8 | | fraud. |
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| 13 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 36.102, Human Resources |
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| 15 | 11 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 12 | | Sec. 36.102. INITIATION OF ACTION; CONSENT REQUIRED FOR |
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| 17 | 13 | | DISMISSAL. |
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| 18 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 36.102(e), Human Resources Code, is |
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| 19 | 15 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 16 | | (e) An action under this subchapter may be dismissed [before |
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| 21 | 17 | | the end of the period during which the petition remains under seal] |
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| 22 | 18 | | only if the court and the attorney general consent in writing to the |
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| 23 | 19 | | dismissal and state their reasons for consenting. |
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| 24 | 20 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 25 | 21 | | to an action brought on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 26 | 22 | | action brought before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 27 | 23 | | the law applicable to the action immediately before the effective |
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| 28 | 24 | | date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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| 29 | 25 | | purpose. |
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| 30 | 26 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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