Tex. Gov't Code § 544.0255

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 544.0255 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Immediate Criminal Referral Under Certain Circumstances

If the office of inspector general learns or has reason to suspect that a provider's records are being withheld, concealed, destroyed, fabricated, or in any way falsified, the office shall immediately refer the case to this state's Medicaid fraud control unit. The criminal referral does not preclude the office from continuing the office's investigation of the provider that may lead to the imposition of appropriate administrative or civil sanctions. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.102(g)(1).)

Tex. Gov't. Code § 544.0255

Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.