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(a) This code is enacted as a part of the state's continuing statutory revision program, begun by the Texas Legislative Council in 1963 as directed by the legislature in Chapter 448, Acts of the 58th Legislature, Regular Session, 1963 (Article 5429b-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). The program contemplates a topic-by…
The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision of this code, except as otherwise expressly provided by this code.
In this code: (1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of this code; and (2) a reference to a subtitle, subchapter, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, or other numbered or lettered unit without further identification is a reference to…
In this title: (1) "Assistance" means all forms of assistance and services for needy persons authorized by Subtitle C. (2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. (4) "Financial assistance" me…
(a) The purpose of this title is to establish a program of social security to provide necessary and prompt assistance to the citizens of this state who are entitled to avail themselves of its provisions. (b) This title shall be liberally construed in order that its purposes may be accomplished as equitably, economicall…
No provision of this title is intended to release the counties and municipalities in this state from the specific responsibilities they have with regard to the support of public welfare, child welfare, and relief services. Funds which the counties and municipalities may appropriate for the support of those programs may…
The provisions of this title are not intended to interfere with the powers and functions of the commission, the health and human services agencies, as defined by Section 521.0001, Government Code, or county juvenile boards.
(a) A person who is not licensed to practice law in Texas commits an offense if the person charges a fee for representing or aiding an applicant or recipient in procuring assistance from the state agency administering the assistance. (b) A person commits an offense if the person advertises, holds himself or herself out…
(a) A person charged with the duty or responsibility of administering, disbursing, auditing, or otherwise handling the grants, funds, or money provided for in this title commits an offense if the person misappropriates the grants, funds, or money or by deception or fraud wrongfully distributes the grants, funds, or mon…
(a) Except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the assistance programs of the commission or Department of Aging and Disability Services, as applicable, it is an offense for a person to solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of, or to authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in t…
On or before December 31 of each year the Department of Aging and Disability Services shall prepare and submit to the commission a full report on the operation and administration of the department under this title together with the department's recommendations for changes. The commission shall submit the report to the…
(a) The executive commissioner shall establish reasonable rules governing the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, files, and communications of the commission and the Department of Aging and Disability Services under this title. The commission and the department shall: (1) enforce the agency's rules;…
A local representative of the commission or the Department of Aging and Disability Services who is responsible for investigating and determining the eligibility of an applicant for assistance authorized in this title may administer oaths and take acknowledgments concerning all matters relating to the administration of…
To the extent a power or duty given to the commissioner of aging and disability services by this title or another law conflicts with any of the following provisions of the Government Code, the Government Code provision controls: (1) Subchapter A, Chapter 524, Government Code; (2) Section 524.0101; (3) Sections 524.0151…
(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 to needy persons and financial and medical assistance to families with dependent children. (b-1) The executive commissioner shall sup…
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 related to health and social services given episodically or over a sustained period to assist individuals of all ages and their families to achieve t…
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 the programs. The commission and the department may contract with one or more independent entities to assist the commission or the department, as applica…
(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 federal Social Security Act. The commission shall administer other titles added to the act after January 1, 1979, unless another state agency is designated by law to perform…
(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 purposes of the commission's and the department's assistance programs. The commission and the department may conduct the projects independently or in coop…
(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 the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n). (b) Case management programs may be developed using contracts with public health entities, hospita…
(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 individual may not, directly or indirectly, attempt or aid in the attempt to procure a contract with the department that relates to a program or service in which the individu…
(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 services must be provided by an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas or by a law student acting under the supervision of a law teacher or a legal services organizati…
(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. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(21), eff. April 2, 2015. (c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(21), eff. April 2, 2015. (d) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1,…
(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 or the department to display at the service provider's place of business public awareness information on services provided by the commission or the department. (…
(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 with the department to carry out its community care program. The department shall apply the rules consistently across the state. (b) At the same tim…