Criminal Justice Divisions
The Crime Victim Services Division provides services and resources to crime victims throughout Texas. The Crime Victims' Compensation Program provides reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses to eligible victims of violent crime and their families. The Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services Program provides funding and technical assistance to sexual assault programs and certifies sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE). Grants and Contracts Management administers Victim Assistance Grants, Victim Coordinator and Liaison Grants, and contracts with other programs as authorized by the Texas Legislature. Also as authorized by the Texas Legislature, the Division administers county contracts to provide a Statewide Automated Victim Notification Service, which offers crime victims standard information and notification of offender status and court events. For more information and for applications and forms related to these crime victims programs, click here.
The Criminal Investigations Division is staffed by commissioned peace officers and crime analysts who undertake a wide range of investigations and activities to support detection, prevention, and prosecution of crime. This division investigates and supports the prosecution of both violent crimes and white-collar crimes, including complex fraud crimes, Election Code violations, and public corruption matters. The division proactively investigates online child predators and child pornographers who use the Internet and computers to victimize children. The activities of the division also include locating and arresting fugitive Texas parole absconders, and arresting convicted sex offenders who have failed to comply with mandated sex offender registration requirements. The division prides itself on its strong partnerships and coordination with state, federal, and local law enforcement authorities. The division has staff located in Austin, Houston, Forth Worth, San Antonio, and El Paso.
The Criminal Prosecutions Division is staffed by prosecutors who practice in both state and federal courts in Texas. These prosecutors handle cases pursuant to the Attorney General's original criminal jurisdiction, when original jurisdiction is provided by Texas law; pursuant to concurrent criminal jurisdiction with district and county attorneys, when concurrent criminal jurisdiction is provided by Texas law; and pursuant to requests for assistance from local prosecutors and offers of assistance to local prosecutors. The division also works cooperatively with the U.S. Attorney's Offices in the four federal districts in Texas, and prosecutors in the division appear in federal court as Special Assistant United States Attorneys. The division consists of four teams of lawyers and subject matter experts in the areas of Violent Crime and Major Offenders, Cyber
Crime and Child Protection, White Collar Crime and Public Integrity, and Juvenile Crime Intervention.
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit conducts criminal investigations and prosecutions of Medicaid providers who are suspected of cheating the Medicaid Program. The Unit also investigates allegations of physical abuse and neglect in nursing homes that receive Medicaid funding. The Unit employs investigators and auditors who conduct investigations and assist in the prosecution of Medicaid providers who defraud the system or abuse the elderly. The Unit also employs prosecutors who represent the State of Texas or the United States in state and federal courts throughout Texas. The Unit has its administrative headquarters and two investigative teams in Austin, and field offices in eight cities across Texas.
View enforcement action taken by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
View Medicaid Fraud Control Unit field offices.
To report Medicaid PROVIDER fraud or abuse, please contact the MFCU:
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W. Rick Copeland, Director
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Office of the Attorney General
PO Box 12307
Austin, TX 78711-2307
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W. Rick Copeland, Director
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Office of the Attorney General
6330 Hwy 290 E, Suite 250
Austin, TX 78723
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E-mail: MFCU@oag.state.tx.us
Phone: (512) 463-2011
Fax: (512) 320-0974
To report fraud by an individual Medicaid RECIPIENT, please contact:
Health and Human Services Commission
Office of the Inspector General
General Investigations Division, MC 1362
PO Box 85200
Austin, TX 78708-5200
HHSC OIG Fraud Hotline: 1-800-436-6184
HHSC OIG On-line Fraud Referral Website: http://www.hhs.state.tx.us/OIG/index.shtml
Joint Semi-Annual Interagency Coordination Report: Activities of the Health and Human Services Commission and the Office of the Attorney General
- March 1, 2006 - August 31, 2006 (PDF format)
- September 1, 2005 - February 28, 2006 (PDF format)
- March 1, 2005 - August 31, 2005 (PDF format)
- September 1, 2004 - February 28, 2005 (PDF format)
- March 1, 2004 - August 31, 2004 (PDF format)
- September 1, 2003 - February 29, 2004 (PDF format)
- March 1, 2003 - August 31, 2003 (PDF format)
- September 1, 2002 - February 28, 2003 (PDF format)
- March 1, 2002 - August 31, 2002 (PDF format)
- September 1, 2001 - February 28, 2002 (PDF format)
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- March 1, 2001 - August 31, 2001 (PDF format)
- September 1, 2000 - February 28, 2001 (PDF format)
- March 1, 2000 - August 31, 2000 (HTML | PDF format)
- September 1, 1999 - February 29, 2000 (PDF format)
- March 1, 1999 - August 31, 1999 (HTML format)
To report the death of a resident of an institution (Article 49.24, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure), please file a Residential Death Reporting Form.
The Postconviction Litigation Division defends state felony convictions against constitutional challenge and handles, in federal court, challenges by inmates to the validity of their convictions and sentences. The division's attorneys, representing the Director of the Institutional Division of the Department of Criminal Justice (the inmates' custodian), provide briefing and argument to the federal courts that hear these challenges. The division's attorneys and staff also investigate cases, including through review of the record from state court proceedings, and conduct evidentiary hearings when warranted in a case. The division's attorneys appear regularly in federal district courts throughout Texas, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Capital litigation attorneys handle petitions for certiorari review on direct appeal from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and federal habeas challenges from the federal district court through the U.S. Supreme Court.
Revised: November 02 2007
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