Sec. 32.036.  PROGRAM PAYMENTS NONASSIGNABLE AND EXEMPT FROM LEGAL PROCESS.  (a)  Neither medical assistance nor payments to providers of medical assistance under this chapter are transferable or assignable at law or in equity.
(b)  No money paid or payable under the provisions of this chapter is subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or any other legal process, or the operation of any insolvency law.
(c)  This section does not apply to the extent that it conflicts with the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(a)(32)).
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 216, Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 1997.