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Amend CSHB 4214 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.1051 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.1051. TECHNOLOGY FOR ELIGIBILITY FRAUD PREVENTION. (a) The commission shall use technology to identify the risk for fraud associated with applications for health and human services program benefits to prevent fraud with respect to eligibility determinations for those programs. To the extent allowed by federal law, the commission shall set appropriate verification and documentation requirements based on the risk identified for particular applications to ensure that commission resources are appropriately targeted to maximize fraud reduction and accuracy of eligibility determinations.
(b) Enhanced eligibility screening tools the commission implements for the purposes of this section must use technology that provides non-modeled employment and income verification data in an automated electronic format.
SECTION ____. If before implementing any provision of this Act a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization is granted.