Sec. 531.104. ASSISTING INVESTIGATIONS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) The commission and the attorney general shall execute a memorandum of understanding under which the commission shall provide investigative support as required to the attorney general in connection with cases under Subchapter B, Chapter 36, Human Resources Code. Under the memorandum of understanding, the commission shall assist in performing preliminary investigations and ongoing investigations for actions prosecuted by the attorney general under Subchapter C, Chapter 36, Human Resources Code.
(b) The memorandum of understanding must specify the type, scope, and format of the investigative support provided to the attorney general under this section.
(c) The memorandum of understanding must ensure that no barriers to direct fraud referrals to the state's Medicaid fraud control unit by Medicaid agencies or unreasonable impediments to communication between Medicaid agency employees and the state's Medicaid fraud control unit will be imposed.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 1.06(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.22, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 257, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: Previous 531.1024 531.1025 531.103 531.1031 531.1032 531.1033 531.1034 531.104 531.105 531.106 531.1061 531.1062 531.108 531.109 531.110 NextLast modified: September 28, 2016