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Texas Human Resources Code - Section 22.029. Project For Fraud Detection And Prevention Through Data Matching

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§ 22.029. PROJECT FOR FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION 
THROUGH DATA MATCHING.  (a) In order to enhance the state's ability 
to detect and prevent fraud in the payment of claims under federal 
and state entitlement programs, the Health and Human Services 
Commission shall implement a data matching project as described by 
Subsection (b).  The costs of developing and administering the data 
matching project shall be paid entirely from amounts recovered by 
participating agencies as a result of potential fraudulent 
occurrences or administrative errors identified by the project.
	(b)  The project shall involve the matching of database 
information among all agencies using electronic funds transfer and 
other participating agencies.  The commission shall contract 
through a memorandum of understanding with each agency 
participating in the project.  After the data has been matched, the 
commission shall furnish each participating agency with a list of 
potential fraudulent occurrences or administrative errors.
	(c)  Each agency participating in a matching cycle shall 
document actions taken to investigate and resolve fraudulent issues 
noted on the list provided by the commission.  The commission shall 
compile the documentation furnished by participating agencies for 
each matching cycle, and shall report the results of the project to 
the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of 
representatives, and Legislative Budget Board not later than 
December 1, 1996.
	(d)  Agencies participating under Subsection (b) shall 
cooperate fully with the commission in the prompt provision of data 
in the requested format, for the identification of suspected 
fraudulent occurrences, or administrative errors as the commission 
may otherwise reasonably request in order to carry out the intent of 
this section.
	(e)  The commission and participating agencies providing 
source data for the project shall take all necessary steps to 
protect the confidentiality of information provided as part of this 
project, in compliance with all existing state and federal privacy 
guidelines.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 8.03, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 827, § 2, eff. Sept. 
1, 1997.

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