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Texas Human Resources Code - Chapter 22 General Functions Of Department Of Human ServicesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Human Resources Code > Texas Human Resources Code - Chapter 22 General Functions Of Department Of Human Services The commissioner of health and human services has the powers and duties relating to the board and commissioner as provided by Section 531.0055, Government Code. ... (a) The department is responsible for administering the welfare functions authorized in this title. (b) The department shall administer assistance to needy persons who are ... In this chapter, except in Section 22.032, "long-term care services" means the provision of personal care and assistance related to health and social services given ... The department shall conduct research, analysis, and reporting of its programs to evaluate and improve the programs. The department may contract with one or more ... (a) The department is the state agency designated to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of Titles IV, XIX, and XX of the ... (a) The department may conduct research and demonstration projects that in the judgment of the commissioner will assist in promoting the purposes of the department's ... (a) The department shall establish programs of case management for high-risk pregnant women and high-risk children to age one as provided under Section 1915(g) of ... (a) For one year after the date on which a former officer or employee of the department terminates service or employment with the department, the ... (a) On request, the department may provide legal services to an applicant for or recipient of assistance at a hearing before the department. (b) The ... (a) The children's assistance fund and the medical assistance fund are separate accounts in the general revenue fund. Money in the separate accounts may be ... (a) Each contract between the department and a provider of services must contain a provision that authorizes the department to display at the service provider's ... (a) The department shall develop enforcement guidelines for its community care program that relate to the service delivery standards required of persons who contract with ... (a) The board shall appoint advisory committees on the recommendation of the commissioner to assist the board in performing its duties. (b) The board shall ... (a) The Advisory Committee for Services to Aged and Disabled Persons shall examine and review issues related to the delivery of departmental services to disabled ... (a) The department, the Texas Department of Health, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, the Texas Commission for ... (a) The department, the Texas Department of Health, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the Texas Rehabilitation Commission shall adopt a ... (a) The department, the Texas Department of Health, and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that: ... (a) If the department receives an allegation that a physician employed by or under contract with the department has committed an action that constitutes a ... The department shall comply with any special purchasing procedures requiring competitive review under Subtitle D, Title 10, Government Code. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ... The department shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how persons who do not speak English or who have physical, mental, or developmental ... (a) The department and the chief administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt a memorandum of understanding under which the ... (a) The department may not retroactively apply a rule, standard, guideline, or policy interpretation. (b) The department shall adopt any changes in departmental policy in ... At any time during an audit, the department shall permit a contractor to submit additional or alternative documentation to prove that services were delivered to ... (a) If funds are appropriated to the department for the general support or development of a service that is needed throughout the state, the department ... To the extent permitted by law the department shall only provide services to legal residents of the United States or the State of Texas. Added ... (a) In this section, "AIDS" and "HIV" have the meanings assigned by Section 81.101, Health and Safety Code. (b) Subject to the limitations in Subsection ... If the Texas Department of Human Services, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Texas ... (a) The department shall: (1) set progressive goals for improving the department's error rates in the aid to families with dependent children and food stamp ... (a) Subject to the approval of the commissioner of health and human services, the department shall: (1) determine and record the time taken by the ... (a) The department shall use the telephone to attempt to collect reimbursement from a person who receives a benefit granted in error under the food ... The department shall participate in the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program (FTROP) to attempt to recover benefits granted by the department in error under the ... (a) The department shall keep a record of the dispositions of referrals made by the department to a district attorney concerning fraudulent claims for benefits ... (a) The department shall develop and implement policies and procedures designed to improve the department's electronic benefits transfer cards used for federal and state entitlement ... The department shall: (1) ensure that errors attributed to client fraud are appropriate; and (2) take immediate and appropriate action to limit any client fraud ... (a) to (d) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, § 1.06(i), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. (e) The department and the comptroller shall coordinate ... (a) The private electronic benefits transfer (EBT) operator with which the department contracts to administer the EBT system, shall establish procedures to maintain records that ... (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 ... (a) The Texas Department of Health shall implement a data matching project to locate individuals who qualify to participate in the federal special supplemental food ... (a) The department shall, through the use of a computerized matching system, compare department information relating to applicants for and recipients of food stamps and ... (a) To ensure the maximum use of available federal matching funds for child care services and other support services under Section 31.010, the Department of ... The department may make any inspection of a facility or program under the department's jurisdiction without announcing the inspection. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ... Subject to the General Appropriations Act, the department may use earned federal funds derived from recovery of amounts paid or benefits granted by the department ... (a) In this section, "long-term care services" includes community care services and support, and services provided by nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, group homes, intermediate ... (a) A work group to be known as the Children's Policy Council shall assist the department, the commissioner of health and human services, the Texas ... (a) The department shall establish programs to serve deaf-blind multihandicapped individuals by helping them attain self-sufficiency and independent living. (b) The department shall establish a ... (a) In this section: (1) "Institution" means: (A) an ICF-MR, as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code; (B) a nursing facility; or (C) ... (a) The department, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall adopt a memorandum of ... (a) In this section: (1) "Long-term care facility" means a nursing institution, an assisted living facility, or an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded ... The department by rule shall develop and implement a plan to assist elderly persons or persons with disabilities requesting community care services in receiving those ... Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the department may use information obtained from a third party to verify the assets and resources of a ... Texas Lawyers
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