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| 1 | 1 | 81R3688 KLA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Naishtat H.B. No. 613 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to periodic food stamp eligibility recertification | |
| 8 | 8 | requirements. | |
| 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 33.0151 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 33.0151. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY RECERTIFICATION | |
| 13 | 13 | WITHOUT INTERVIEW. The department, to the maximum extent allowed | |
| 14 | 14 | by federal law, shall recertify the eligibility of a person for the | |
| 15 | 15 | food stamp program without an interview if the person otherwise | |
| 16 | 16 | meets the periodic eligibility recertification requirements. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 18 | 18 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 19 | 19 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 20 | 20 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 21 | 21 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 22 | 22 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |