40 Tex. Admin. Code § 809.113 - Action to Prevent or Correct Suspected Fraud

(a) The Commission or Board may take the following actions pursuant to Commission policy if the Commission or Board finds that a provider has committed fraud:

(1) Temporary withholding of payments to the provider for child care services delivered;

(2) Nonpayment of child care services delivered;

(3) Recoupment of funds from the provider;

(4) Stop authorizing care at the provider's facility or location;

(5) Prohibiting future eligibility to provide Commission-funded child care services; or

(6) Any other action consistent with the intent of the governing statutes or regulations to investigate, prevent, or stop suspected fraud.

(b) The Commission or Board may take the following actions pursuant to Commission policy if the Commission or Board finds that a parent has committed fraud:

(1) recouping funds from the parent;

(2) prohibiting future child care eligibility, provided that the prohibition does not result in a Choices or SNAP E&T participant becoming ineligible for child care;

(3) limiting the enrollment of the parent's child to a regulated child care provider;

(4) terminating care during the 12-month eligibility period if eligibility was determined using fraudulent information provided by the parent; or

(5) any other action consistent with the intent of the governing statutes or regulations to investigate, prevent, or stop suspected fraud.

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40 Tex. Admin. Code § 809.113

The provisions of this §809.113 adopted to be effective January 29, 2007, 32 TexReg 336; amended to be effective January 8, 2013, 38 TexReg 155; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 39, September 23, 2016, TexReg 7581, eff. 10/1/2016