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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 15TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 357HEARINGS
SUBCHAPTER JMEDICAID THIRD-PARTY RECOVERY
RULE §357.504Waiver Authority of the Commissioner

The commissioner of the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) has the authority to waive all or part of DHS's right to recover from liable third parties when:

  (1) the commissioner finds that enforcement of DHS's right of recovery would tend to defeat the purpose of public assistance; or

  (2) the cost of recovery exceeds the amount that could be recovered.

Source Note: The provisions of this §357.504 adopted to be effective August 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 6779; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 17, 2004, 29 TexReg 9013

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