| 1 | 1 | | 83R25128 ADM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Canales H.B. No. 3631 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3631: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 3631 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to rules concerning unused supplemental nutrition |
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| 10 | 10 | | assistance program benefits. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended by adding Section 33.038 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 33.038. RULES CONCERNING UNUSED SUPPLEMENTAL |
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| 15 | 15 | | NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS. The executive commissioner |
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| 16 | 16 | | shall adopt rules to prevent the excessive accumulation by |
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| 17 | 17 | | recipients of unused benefits under the supplemental nutrition |
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| 18 | 18 | | assistance program. The commission shall consider adopting rules |
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| 19 | 19 | | under this section that: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) limit the amount of money that may accumulate in an |
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| 21 | 21 | | electronic benefits transfer account at any one time; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) require the investigation of any recipient who |
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| 23 | 23 | | maintains an excessively high balance of benefits in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | recipient's electronic benefits transfer account. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 26 | 26 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 27 | 27 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 28 | 28 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 29 | 29 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 30 | 30 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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