Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 525.0052. Federal Funds: Planning and Management; Annual Report

(1) establish a federal money management system to coordinate and monitor the use of federal money health and human services agencies receive to ensure that the money is spent in the most efficient manner;

(2) establish priorities for health and human services agencies' use of federal money in coordination with the coordinated strategic plan the executive commissioner develops under Section 525.0154;

(3) coordinate and monitor the use of federal money for health and human services to ensure that the money is spent in the most cost-effective manner throughout the health and human services system;

(4) review and approve all federal funding plans for health and human services in this state;

(5) estimate available federal money, including earned federal money, and monitor unspent money;

(6) ensure that the state meets federal requirements relating to receipt of federal money for health and human services, including requirements relating to state matching money and maintenance of effort;

(7) transfer appropriated amounts as described by Section 525.0053; and

(8) ensure that each governmental entity the executive commissioner identifies under Section 525.0155 has access to complete and timely information about all sources of federal money for health and human services programs and that technical assistance is available to governmental entities seeking grants of federal money to provide health and human services.

(1) maximize the receipt and use of federal funds; and

(2) improve federal funds management.