By: Vo H.B. No. 3700
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to detection and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse in
all Texas Workforce Commission programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Texas Labor Code, Chapter 301,
Subchapter K, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER K. PREVENTION, DETECTION AND, INVESTIGATION
PREVENTION OF CHILD CARE FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE; SPECIAL PROVISIONS
FOR CHILD CARE FRAUD
SECTION 2. Chapter 301, Subchapter K, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.190 to read as follows:
Sec. 301.190. PREVENTION, DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION OF
FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE IN COMMISSION PROGRAMS. (a) The commission
shall develop procedures to prevent, detect, and investigate,
fraud, waste, and abuse in all programs administered by the
commission, or its subrecipients, and any contractors of either.
Additionally, the commission shall develop:
(1) systems to detect fraud, waste, and abuse in the
administration, provision, and delivery of all programs and
services;
(2) a method to report fraud, waste, and abuse on the
commission's public Internet site; and
(3) a method for the commission's subrecipients, and
the contractors of the commission and its subrecipients, to report
fraud, waste, and abuse related to the programs they administer on
behalf of the commission.
(b) The commission may obtain any information or technology
necessary to enable it to meet its responsibilities under this
subchapter or other law, including as provided by Subchapter E.
Section 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.