Texas Human Resources Code Title 2, Chapter 22 - General Functions Relating To Human Services
- Texas Section 22.0001 - Commissioner's Powers And Duties; Effect Of Conflict With Other Law
To the extent a power or duty given to the commissioner of aging and disability services by this title or another law conflicts with Section...
- Texas Section 22.001 - General Powers And Duties Of Commission
(a) The executive commissioner is responsible for supervising the administration of the welfare functions authorized in this title. (b) The commission shall administer medical assistance...
- Texas Section 22.0011 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services. (2) "Long-term care services" means the provision of personal care and assistance...
- Texas Section 22.0015 - Evaluation And Improvement Of Programs
The commission and the department shall conduct research, analysis, and reporting of the programs administered by each agency under this title to evaluate and improve...
- Texas Section 22.002 - Administration Of Federal Welfare Programs
(a) The commission is the state agency designated to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of Titles IV, XIX, and XX of the...
- Texas Section 22.003 - Research And Demonstration Projects
(a) The commission and the department may conduct research and demonstration projects that in the judgment of the executive commissioner will assist in promoting the...
- Texas Section 22.0031 - Projects For High-risk Pregnant Women And High-risk Children
(a) The commission 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...
- Texas Section 22.0033 - Prohibited Activities By Former Officers Or Employees
(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...
- Texas Section 22.004 - Provision Of Legal Services
(a) On request, the commission may provide legal services to an applicant for or recipient of assistance at a hearing before the commission. (b) The...
- Texas Section 22.005 - Custodian Of Assistance Funds
(a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(21), eff. April 2, 2015. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 22.007 - Public Information Contract Requirement
(a) Each contract between the commission or the department and a provider of services under this title must contain a provision that authorizes the commission...
- Texas Section 22.008 - Enforcement And Alteration Of Service Delivery Standards
(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules for the department's community care program that relate to the service delivery standards required of persons who contract...
- Texas Section 22.009 - Advisory Committees
(a) The executive commissioner shall appoint advisory committees to assist the executive commissioner, commission, and department in performing their duties. (b) The executive commissioner shall...
- Texas Section 22.011 - Memorandum Of Understanding On Services To Persons With Disabilities
(a) The commission, the department, the Department of State Health Services, the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services,...
- Texas Section 22.013 - Memorandum Of Understanding On Public Awareness Information
(a) The commission, the department, the Department of State Health Services, and the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services shall enter into a joint memorandum...
- Texas Section 22.014 - Memorandum Of Understanding On Hospital And Long-term Care Services
(a) The commission, the department, and the Department of State Health Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding that: (1) clearly defines the responsibilities...
- Texas Section 22.015 - Reporting Of Physician Misconduct Or Malpractice
(a) If the commission or the department receives an allegation that a physician employed by or under contract with the commission or the department under...
- Texas Section 22.016 - Special Purchasing Procedures
The department shall coordinate with the commission in complying with any special purchasing procedures requiring competitive review under Subtitle D, Title 10, Government Code, for...
- Texas Section 22.017 - Program Accessibility
The commission shall prepare and maintain a written plan that describes how persons who do not speak English or who have physical, mental, or developmental...
- Texas Section 22.018 - Cooperation With State Office Of Administrative Hearings
(a) The department and the chief administrative law judge of the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall enter into a memorandum of understanding under which...
- Texas Section 22.019 - Due Process Procedures
(a) The commission and the department may not retroactively apply a rule, standard, guideline, or policy interpretation under this title. (b) Any changes in agency...
- Texas Section 22.020 - Audit Procedure
At any time during an audit, the commission or the department, as applicable, shall permit a contractor under this title to submit additional or alternative...
- Texas Section 22.021 - Distribution Of Funds
(a) Funds appropriated to the commission or the department for the general support or development of a service under this title that is needed throughout...
- Texas Section 22.022 - Residency Requirements
To the extent permitted by law the commission and the department shall only provide services under this title to legal residents of the United States...
- Texas Section 22.023 - Payment For Certain Insurance Coverage
(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...
- Texas Section 22.024 - Development Of Service Plan For Elderly Persons Or Persons With Disabilities
If the commission, the department, the Department of State Health Services, the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, or another agency funded in the General...
- Texas Section 22.025 - Error-rate Reduction
(a) The commission shall: (1) set progressive goals for improving the commission's error rates in the financial assistance program under Chapter 31 and supplemental nutrition...
- Texas Section 22.0251 - Timely Determination Of Overpayments
(a) Subject to the approval of the executive commissioner, the commission shall: (1) determine and record the time taken by the commission to establish an...
- Texas Section 22.0252 - Telephone Collection Program
(a) The commission shall use the telephone to attempt to collect reimbursement from a person who receives a benefit granted in error under the supplemental...
- Texas Section 22.0253 - Participation In Federal Tax Refund Offset Program
The commission shall participate in the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program (FTROP) to attempt to recover benefits granted by the commission in error under the...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 22.0255 - Electronic Benefits Transfer Card; Returned-mail Reduction
(a) The commission shall develop and implement policies and procedures designed to improve the commission's electronic benefits transfer cards used for federal and state entitlement...
- Texas Section 22.026 - Reduction Of Client Fraud
The commission and the department shall: (1) ensure that errors attributed to client fraud are appropriate; and (2) take immediate and appropriate action to limit...
- Texas Section 22.027 - Fraud Prevention
(e) The commission, the department, and the comptroller shall coordinate their efforts to cross-train agency staff whose duties include fraud prevention and detection to enable...
- Texas Section 22.028 - Electronic Benefits Transfer: Monitoring
(a) The private electronic benefits transfer (EBT) operator with which the commission contracts to administer the EBT system shall establish procedures to maintain records that...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 22.0292 - Information Matching System Relating To Immigrants And Foreign Visitors
(a) The commission shall, through the use of a computerized matching system, compare commission information relating to applicants for and recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance...
- Texas Section 22.030 - Agreements For Purchase Of Services For Children
(a) To ensure the maximum use of available federal matching funds for child care services and other support services under Section 31.010, the commission and...
- Texas Section 22.031 - Unannounced Inspections
The commission and the department may make any inspection of a facility or program under the agency's jurisdiction under this title without announcing the inspection....
- Texas Section 22.032 - Use Of Earned Federal Funds
Subject to the General Appropriations Act, the commission may use earned federal funds derived from recovery of amounts paid or benefits granted by the commission...
- Texas Section 22.035 - Children's Policy Council
(a) A work group to be known as the Children's Policy Council shall assist the department, the commission, the Department of State Health Services, the...
- Texas Section 22.036 - Programs For Individuals Who Are Deaf-blind With Multiple Disabilities And Their Parents
(a) The department shall establish programs to serve individuals who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities by helping them attain self-sufficiency and independent living. (b) The...
- Texas Section 22.039 - Training And Continuing Education Related To Certain Long-term Care Facilities
(a) In this section: (1) "Long-term care facility" means a nursing institution, an assisted living facility, or an intermediate care facility licensed under Chapter 242,...
- Texas Section 22.040 - Determination Of Eligibility For Community Care Services For Elderly Persons Or Persons With Disabilities
The executive commissioner by rule shall develop and the department shall implement a plan to assist elderly persons or persons with disabilities requesting community care...
- Texas Section 22.041 - Third-party Information
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the commission may use information obtained from a third party to verify the assets and resources of a...
Last modified: September 28, 2016