BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2523 |
By: Davis, Sarah |
General Investigating & Ethics |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that the mandate for the office of the inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission to employ and commission peace officers to assist the office in its duties relating to the investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in certain government assistance programs should be expanded. C.S.H.B. 2523 seeks to provide for this expansion.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2523 amends the Human Resources Code to authorize the office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission to employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of assisting the office in the investigation of fraud, waste, or abuse in the temporary assistance for needy families program and in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The bill establishes that a peace officer so employed and commissioned is a peace officer for purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2523 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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