| 1 | 1 | | 84R2519 ADM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bohac H.B. No. 747 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to electronic benefits transfer cards used for recipients |
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| 8 | 8 | | of benefits under certain assistance programs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 531.0911 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 531.0911. PHOTOGRAPH ON CERTAIN ELECTRONIC BENEFITS |
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| 13 | 13 | | TRANSFER CARDS. (a) In this section: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Financial assistance program" means the |
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| 15 | 15 | | financial assistance program established under Chapter 31, Human |
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| 16 | 16 | | Resources Code. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) "Recipient" means a person who receives benefits |
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| 18 | 18 | | under the financial assistance program or the supplemental |
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| 19 | 19 | | nutrition assistance program. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) "Supplemental nutrition assistance program" has |
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| 21 | 21 | | the meaning assigned by Section 33.051, Human Resources Code. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The commission shall ensure that each electronic |
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| 23 | 23 | | benefits transfer card used by a recipient, or other person |
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| 24 | 24 | | authorized on the recipient's account, for purposes of receiving |
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| 25 | 25 | | benefits under the financial assistance program or the supplemental |
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| 26 | 26 | | nutrition assistance program displays the name and photograph of |
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| 27 | 27 | | the recipient or other authorized person, as appropriate. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Health and |
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| 29 | 29 | | Human Services Commission shall ensure that electronic benefits |
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| 30 | 30 | | transfer cards used on or after that date to deliver benefits to |
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| 31 | 31 | | recipients under the financial assistance program under Chapter 31, |
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| 32 | 32 | | Human Resources Code, and the supplemental nutrition assistance |
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| 33 | 33 | | program under Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, conform to Section |
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| 34 | 34 | | 531.0911, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 36 | 36 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 37 | 37 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 38 | 38 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 39 | 39 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 40 | 40 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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