84R7092 EES-D
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 1259
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the work requirements of the supplemental nutrition
assistance program.
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 33.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.016. EFFECT OF CERTAIN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH WORK
REQUIREMENTS ON SNAP ELIGIBILITY. As authorized by 7 U.S.C.
Section 2015(d)(1)(C)(iii)(IV), a person who becomes ineligible
for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits for the third time
for refusing or failing without good cause to comply with the
employment or employment and training program requirements of 7
U.S.C. Section 2015(d)(1)(A) is permanently ineligible to receive
those benefits.
SECTION 2. Section 33.016, Human Resources Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an initial determination or
recertification of eligibility for the supplemental nutrition
assistance program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, that is
made on or after the effective date of this Act. A determination or
recertification made before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the determination or
recertification 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, 2015.