Relating to the prevention, detection, and investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in programs administered by the Texas Workforce Commission or by the commission’s contractors or grantees.
relating to the prevention, detection, and investigation of fraud,
waste, and abuse in programs administered by the Texas Workforce
Commission or by the commission’s contractors or grantees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 301, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter L to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER L. PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND INVESTIGATION OF FRAUD,
WASTE, AND ABUSE IN COMMISSION PROGRAMS
Sec. 301.201. PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND INVESTIGATION OF
FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE. (a) The commission shall develop:
(1) procedures to prevent, detect, and investigate
fraud, waste, and abuse in programs administered:
(A) by the commission;
(B) under contract with the commission; or
(C) by a person awarded a grant by the
commission;
(2) systems to detect fraud, waste, and abuse in the
administration, provision, and delivery of programs described by
Subdivision (1); and
(3) methods for a person to report to the commission
fraud, waste, or abuse in the delivery of the programs described by
Subdivision (1), including an option for reporting through the
commission’s publicly available Internet website.
(b) The commission may obtain any information or technology
necessary to enable the commission to meet its responsibilities
under this subchapter or other law in regard to the prevention,
detection, and investigation of fraud, waste, and abuse in
commission programs.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
