Texas Human Resources Code 32.036 – Program Payments Nonassignable and Exempt From Legal Process
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(a) Neither medical assistance nor payments to providers of medical assistance under this chapter are transferable or assignable at law or in equity.
(b) No money paid or payable under the provisions of this chapter is subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or any other legal process, or the operation of any insolvency law.
Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 32.036
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
(c) This section does not apply to the extent that it conflicts with the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(32)).