Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 32.036 · Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
PROGRAM PAYMENTS NONASSIGNABLE AND EXEMPT FROM LEGAL PROCESS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Neither medical assistance nor payments to providers of medical assistance under this chapter are transferable or assignable at law or in equity.
(b) No money paid or payable under the provisions of this chapter is subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or any other legal process, or the operation of any insolvency law.
(c) This section does not apply to the extent that it conflicts with the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396a(a)(32)).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 216, Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.32.htm
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