Sec. 36.055.  ATTORNEY GENERAL AS RELATOR IN FEDERAL ACTION.  To the extent permitted by 31 U.S.C. Sections 3729-3733, the attorney general may bring an action as relator under 31 U.S.C. Section 3730 with respect to an act in connection with a health care program for which a person may be held liable under 31 U.S.C. Section 3729.  The attorney general may contract with a private attorney to represent the state under this section.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 4.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 273 (S.B. 745), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2023.