To establish or maintain the eligibility of an individual and the individual's family for financial assistance or to increase or prevent a reduction in the amount of that assistance, an individual may not intentionally:

1. (1) make a statement that the individual knows is false or misleading;
2. (2) misrepresent, conceal, or withhold a fact; or
3. (3) knowingly misrepresent a statement as being true.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.