Sec. 531.050. MINIMUM COLLECTION GOAL. (a) Before August 31 of each year, the executive commissioner by rule shall set a minimum goal for the commission that specifies the percentage of the amount of benefits granted by the commission in error under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or the program of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, that the commission should recover. The executive commissioner shall set the percentage based on comparable recovery rates reported by other states or other appropriate factors identified by the executive commissioner.

(b) If the commission fails to meet the goal set under Subsection (a) for the fiscal year, the executive commissioner shall notify the comptroller, and the comptroller shall reduce the commission's general revenue appropriation by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of state funds the commission would have collected had the commission met the goal and the amount of state funds the commission actually collected.

(c) The executive commissioner, the governor, and the Legislative Budget Board shall monitor the commission's performance in meeting the goal set under this section. The commission shall cooperate by providing to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board, on request, information concerning the commission's collection efforts.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 1.05(a), eff. June 20, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 531.047 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(47), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.090, eff. April 2, 2015.