Texas Human Resources Code 22.0254 – Prosecution of Fraudulent Claims
(a) The commission shall keep a record of the dispositions of referrals made by the commission to a district attorney concerning fraudulent claims for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or the program of financial assistance under Chapter 31.
(b) The commission may:
(1) request status information biweekly from the appropriate district attorney on each major fraudulent claim referred by the commission;
(2) request a written explanation from the appropriate district attorney for each case referred in which the district attorney declines to prosecute; and
(3) encourage the creation of a special welfare fraud unit in each district attorney’s office that serves a municipality with a population of more than 250,000, to be financed by amounts provided by the commission.
Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 22.0254
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The executive commissioner by rule may define what constitutes a major fraudulent claim under Subsection (b)(1).