{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-544.0402","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 544.0402","heading":"FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION RELATED TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY.","body":"To establish or maintain the eligibility of an individual and the individual's family for financial assistance or to increase or prevent a reduction in the amount of that assistance, an individual may not intentionally:\n(1) make a statement that the individual knows is false or misleading;\n(2) misrepresent, conceal, or withhold a fact; or\n(3) knowingly misrepresent a statement as being true.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 544. FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, AND OVERCHARGES RELATING TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER I. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FRAUD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.544.htm#544.0402","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"3e9c64f52836ccd6867442cc3c0537914c8e8cb7a25932a42ddcbbb88bb2e52b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-544.0401","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-544.0403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}