Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4024 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	81R9804 UM-D
2	2	By: Christian H.B. No. 4024
3	3
4	4
5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to eligibility for certain nutritional assistance
8	8	programs and certain nutritional and supportive services.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Section 33.0024 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 33.0024. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN
13	13	ASSISTANCE: QUALIFIED VOTER STATUS. (a) In this section,
14	14	"qualified voter" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.002,
15	15	Election Code, but does not include the requirements of
16	16	Subdivisions (3), (4), and (6) of that section.
17	17	(b) A person who is 18 years of age or older is not eligible
18	18	for nutritional assistance under the food stamp program or the
19	19	child and adult care food program if the person is not a qualified
20	20	voter.
21	21	(c) In determining whether a person who is 18 years of age or
22	22	older is eligible for nutritional assistance under the food stamp
23	23	program, the department shall verify that the person is a qualified
24	24	voter.
25	25	(d) A person who provides nutritional assistance reimbursed
26	26	by the child and adult care food program shall verify that each
27	27	person who is 18 years of age or older and to whom that assistance is
28	28	provided under the program is a qualified voter in accordance with
29	29	rules adopted by the executive commissioner.
30	30	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 161, Human Resources Code,
31	31	is amended by adding Section 161.085 to read as follows:
32	32	Sec. 161.085. RESTRICTIONS ON ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN
33	33	NUTRITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. (a) In this section:
34	34	(1) "Nutritional or supportive services" means
35	35	services authorized and funded in accordance with Title III, Older
36	36	Americans Act (42 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
37	37	(2) "Qualified voter" has the meaning assigned by
38	38	Section 11.002, Election Code, but does not include the
39	39	requirements of Subdivisions (3), (4), and (6) of that section.
40	40	(b) A person who is 18 years of age or older is not eligible
41	41	to receive nutritional or supportive services if the person is not a
42	42	qualified voter.
43	43	(c) The department shall require a person who receives funds
44	44	from the department to provide nutritional or supportive services
45	45	to verify that each person who is 18 years of age or older and to
46	46	whom those services are provided using the funds is a qualified
47	47	voter.
48	48	SECTION 3. (a) Section 33.0024, Human Resources Code, as
49	49	added by this Act, applies only to a determination of eligibility of
50	50	a person for nutritional assistance under Chapter 33, Human
51	51	Resources Code, made on or after the effective date of this Act. A
52	52	determination of eligibility made before the effective date of this
53	53	Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the determination
54	54	was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
55	55	purpose.
56	56	(b) Section 161.085, Human Resources Code, as added by this
57	57	Act, applies only to nutritional or supportive services provided on
58	58	or after the effective date of this Act. Nutritional or supportive
59	59	services provided before the effective date of this Act are
60	60	governed by the law in effect on the date the services were
61	61	provided, and the former law is continued in effect for that
62	62	purpose.
63	63	SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
64	64	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
65	65	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
66	66	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
67	67	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
68	68	waiver or authorization is granted.
69	69	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.