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TITLE 1 - ADMINISTRATION
PART 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 357 - HEARINGS
SUBCHAPTER N - FRAUD OR ABUSE INVOLVING PROVIDERS (EXCEPT MEDICAL)
SECTION/RULE §357.602 - Statutory Bases for Prosecution
Chapter Review Date 03/15/2024

(a) For all services for which DHS provides remuneration, DHS is in effect, the legal owner of the funds used to pay for the goods or services. DHS has the right and responsibility to seek legal redress for any overpayments that may occur as a result of a provider's actions.(b) The most common form of criminal sanction would take place under the Texas Penal Code, §§31.032, 7.23, and 37.10.

Source Note: The provisions of this §357.602 adopted to be effective April 1, 1981, 6 TexReg 1081; amended to be effective June 15, 1987, 12 TexReg 1394; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 17, 2004, 29 TexReg 9013.

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