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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a strategy to ensure proper use of money under the |
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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develop a strategy to ensure that money used to provide financial |
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assistance benefits under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, is used |
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by recipients of those benefits for its intended purposes. The |
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strategy must include developing a method to prevent fraud, waste, |
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and abuse by better accounting for purchases made by recipients. |
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SECTION 2. This Act expires December 31, 2016. |
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SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |