(a) The OIG is responsible for preventing, detecting, auditing, inspecting, reviewing, and investigating fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid and other HHS programs. In addition, the OIG is responsible for enforcing state law relating to the provision of HHS in Medicaid and other HHS programs.
(b) The statutory authority for this chapter is provided by Texas Human Resources Code Chapters 32 and 36; Texas Government Code Chapter 531, and federal law (Social Security Act) and regulations (42 C.F.R.).

Source Note: The provisions of this §371.3 adopted to be effective May 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 2941