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Section 301.191. Prevention and Detection of Child-Care Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

TX Lab Code § 301.191 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 301.191. PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CHILD-CARE FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE. (a) The commission shall develop risk assessment protocols to identify and assess possible instances of fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs, including:

(1) the use of unemployment insurance wage records to identify:

(A) potential ineligible parents due to a change in income or underreporting of income;

(B) relative child-care providers who are engaged in other employment; and

(C) parents who do not have the required work history; and

(2) the identification of parents who apply for or receive child-care services in multiple workforce areas simultaneously.

(b) The commission shall ensure that local workforce development boards implement procedures to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs.

(c) The commission may use a motor vehicle record, including a photographic image and signature, to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs.

(d) The commission may use the information under Subsection (c) otherwise for enforcement under this title.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (S.B. 76), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.

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