Texas Labor Code 301.191 – Prevention and Detection of Child-Care Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
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(a) The commission shall develop risk assessment protocols to identify and assess possible instances of fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs, including:
(1) the use of unemployment insurance wage records to identify:
(A) potential ineligible parents due to a change in income or underreporting of income;
(B) relative child-care providers who are engaged in other employment; and
(C) parents who do not have the required work history; and
(2) the identification of parents who apply for or receive child-care services in multiple workforce areas simultaneously.
(b) The commission shall ensure that local workforce development boards implement procedures to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs.
Terms Used In Texas Labor Code 301.191
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
(c) The commission may use a motor vehicle record, including a photographic image and signature, to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs.
(d) The commission may use the information under Subsection (c) otherwise for enforcement under this title.