The statutory bases for Medicaid fraud and abuse investigation and prosecution are Texas Human Resources Code, Chapter 32, and 42 United States Code §§1396b(q) and 1396h. State and federal officials may also act under other statutes, including, but not limited to, the Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act, the Texas Penal Code, the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, and Public Law 100-93.

Source Note: The provisions of this §357.583 adopted to be effective February 29, 1980, 5 TexReg 526; amended to be effective July 1, 1986, 11 TexReg 2825; amended to be effective December 15, 1988, 13 TexReg 5828; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 17, 2004, 29 TexReg 9013