Sec. 301.191. PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CHILD-CARE FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE. (a) The commission shall develop risk assessment protocols to identify and assess possible instances of fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs, including: (1) the use of unemployment insurance wage records to identify: (A) potential ineligible parents due to a change in income or underreporting of income; (B) relative child-care providers who are engaged in other employment; and (C) parents who do not have the required work history; and (2) the identification of parents who apply for or receive child-care services in multiple workforce areas simultaneously. (b) The commission shall ensure that local workforce development boards implement procedures to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs. (c) The commission may use a motor vehicle record, including a photographic image and signature, to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in child-care programs. (d) The commission may use the information under Subsection (c) otherwise for enforcement under this title.
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