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1	1	By: Birdwell, Nelson, Schwertner S.B. No. 191
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed January 18, 2013; January 29, 2013,
3	3	read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
4	4	Services; May 6, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
5	5	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 3;
6	6	May 6, 2013, sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 191 By: Deuell
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10	10	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits
13	13	accounts.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 31.0355, Human Resources
16	16	Code, is amended to read as follows:
17	17	(b) If a recipient of financial assistance who receives the
18	18	assistance by electronic benefits transfer to an account is
19	19	authorized to make a cash withdrawal from the account through a
20	20	provider of the goods or services described by Subsection (a), the
21	21	recipient may make the cash withdrawal only:
22	22	(1) at the customer service department of the provider
23	23	and not at the provider's point-of-sale terminal; and
24	24	(2) after the provider verifies the recipient's
25	25	identity in accordance with Section 31.0356, if applicable.
26	26	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Human Resources Code,
27	27	is amended by adding Sections 31.0356 and 31.0357 to read as
28	28	follows:
29	29	Sec. 31.0356. PHOTO IDENTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN CASH
30	30	WITHDRAWALS. (a) In this section, "photo identification" means a
31	31	card or other document that:
32	32	(1) is issued by a governmental entity to identify an
33	33	individual; and
34	34	(2) displays a photograph of the individual identified
35	35	on the card or other document.
36	36	(b) A recipient of financial assistance who receives the
37	37	assistance by electronic benefits transfer to an account may not,
38	38	using an electronic benefits transfer card subject to Section
39	39	31.0357(a), make a cash withdrawal from the account through a
40	40	provider of the goods or services described by Section 31.0355(a)
41	41	unless the recipient presents photo identification verifying the
42	42	recipient's identity as the card holder. A provider may presume
43	43	that an electronic benefits transfer card that does not display the
44	44	name of a recipient and any other authorized person is not subject
45	45	to Section 31.0357(a) for purposes of this section.
46	46	Sec. 31.0357. NAMES ON ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER CARDS.
47	47	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each electronic benefits
48	48	transfer card issued to a recipient, or other person authorized on
49	49	the recipient's account, for purposes of delivering benefits under
50	50	the financial assistance program must display the name of the
51	51	recipient and any other authorized person, if applicable.
52	52	(b) An electronic benefits transfer card issued by a local
53	53	commission eligibility office is not subject to Subsection (a).
54	54	SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2013, the Health and
55	55	Human Services Commission shall ensure that electronic benefits
56	56	transfer cards issued for purposes of delivering benefits to
57	57	recipients under the financial assistance program under Chapter 31,
58	58	Human Resources Code, conform to Subsection (a), Section 31.0357,
59	59	Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
60	60	SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
61	61	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
62	62	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
63	63	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
64	64	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
65	65	waiver or authorization is granted.
66	66	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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