Amend HB 2942 on third reading as follows:                                   
	(1)  In the INSPECTOR GENERAL ARTICLE added by Amendment No. 
4 by Gattis, strike added Section 422.151(b)(3), Government Code 
(page 10, lines 10 through 12 of the amendment), and substitute the 
following:
		(3)  maximizing opportunities for referral of cases to 
the appropriate authorities.
	(2)  In the INSPECTOR GENERAL ARTICLE added by Amendment No. 
4 by Gattis, strike added Section 422.153(c)(3), Government Code 
(page 11, lines 29 through 30 of the amendment), and substitute the 
following:
		(3)  maximizing opportunities for referral of cases to 
the appropriate authorities.
	(3)  In the INSPECTOR GENERAL ARTICLE added by Amendment No. 
4 by Gattis, strike added Section 422.160, Government Code (page 
13, line 20 through page 15, line 25 of the amendment), and 
substitute the following:
	Sec. 422.160.  INTERAGENCY COORDINATION. (a) The office may 
develop and implement written procedures for coordinating reviews 
of suspected fraud, waste, or abuse, as those terms are defined by 
state or federal law, or other violations of state or federal law 
under programs at an agency for which a deputy inspector general is 
appointed or in programs at any agency receiving state or federal 
funds that are implemented, administered, or overseen by the 
agency.
	(b)  An exchange of any information under this section 
between the office and appropriate authorities does not subject the 
exchange of the information or the information to disclosure under 
Chapter 552.
	(4)  In the INSPECTOR GENERAL ARTICLE added by Amendment No. 
4 by Gattis, strike added Section 422.209, Government Code (page 
19, lines 10 through 31 of the amendment), and substitute the 
following:
	Sec. 422.209.  REFERRAL OF CRIMINAL, CIVIL, AND 
ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. (a) The inspector general may provide 
information and evidence relating to criminal acts to the state 
auditor's office and appropriate law enforcement officials.
	(b)  The inspector general shall refer matters for further 
criminal action in the same manner as the state auditor refers 
criminal matters under Chapter 321.
	(c)  The inspector general shall refer matters for further 
civil and administrative action in  the same manner as the state 
auditor refers civil and administrative matters under Chapter 321.
	(d)  The office may assist appropriate authorities with 
their administrative, civil, or criminal investigations if the 
assistance is requested by the appropriate authorities.
	(e)  An appropriate authority that decides not to 
investigate or prosecute a complaint alleging criminal conduct 
referred to that authority by the inspector general shall notify 
the inspector general of that decision.
	(5)  In the INSPECTOR GENERAL ARTICLE added by Amendment No. 
4 by Gattis, strike added Section 422.303(c)(1), Government Code 
(page 27, lines 10 through 15 of the amendment), and substitute the 
following:
		(1)  if a provider is suspected of fraud involving 
criminal conduct, the office must refer the case under Section 
422.209, provided that the criminal referral does not preclude the 
office from continuing its investigation of the provider or 
preclude the imposition of appropriate administrative or civil 
sanctions; or
	(6)  In the INSPECTOR GENERAL ARTICLE added by Amendment No. 
4 by Gattis, strike added Section 422.304, Government Code (page 
27, lines 19 through 29 of the amendment), and substitute the 
following:
	Sec. 422.304.  IMMEDIATE REFERRAL OF MEDICAID FRAUD. (a) At 
the time the office learns or has reason to suspect that a health or 
human services provider's records related to participation in the 
state Medicaid program are being withheld, concealed, destroyed, 
fabricated, or in any way falsified, the office shall immediately 
refer the case as provided in Section 422.209.
	(b)  A criminal referral under Subsection (a) does not 
preclude the office from continuing its investigation of a health 
or human services provider or the imposition of appropriate 
administrative or civil sanctions.
	(7)  In the INSPECTOR GENERAL ARTICLE added by Amendment No. 
4 by Gattis, strike added Section 422.451(a), Government Code (page 
29, lines 23 through 26 of the amendment), and substitute the 
following:
	(a)  The office may request that the appropriate authorities 
obtain an injunction to prevent a person from disposing of an asset 
identified by the office as potentially subject to recovery by the 
office due to the person's fraud, waste, or abuse.