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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
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Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES |
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Subtitle B. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 22. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES |
Sec. 22.0291. PROJECT FOR IDENTIFYING PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS THROUGH DATA MATCHING
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(a) The Texas Department of Health shall implement a data matching project to locate individuals who qualify to participate in the federal special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. The department shall notify eligible persons and encourage them to apply for the program.
(b) The department shall identify other state agency databases that could be matched with the department's database for the federal special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. The department shall contract through a memorandum of understanding with each agency participating in the project.
(c) Agencies participating under Subsection (b) shall cooperate fully with the department and promptly provide data in the requested format.
(d) The department and participating agencies providing source data for the project shall take all necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of information provided as part of this project, in compliance with all existing state and federal privacy guidelines.
(e) The Texas Department of Health shall identify the databases for the matching project not later than December 30, 1997, and shall begin database matching not later than July 1, 1998.