83R11429 ADM-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 3631
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expunction of unused supplemental nutrition
assistance program benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 33.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.038. EXPUNCTION OF UNUSED SNAP BENEFITS. The
department shall expunge supplemental nutrition assistance program
benefits that have not been used by the recipient after a period of
90 days beginning on the date the benefits were distributed. The
amount of the expunged benefits shall be credited to the fund or
account from which the amount was appropriated.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits distributed
on or after the effective date of this Act. Benefits distributed
before the effective date of this Act are governed by the law in
effect on the date the distribution was made, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.