| 1 | 1 | | 84R7093 EES-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 936 |
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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 the eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance |
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| 8 | 8 | | benefits for certain persons who owe delinquent child support. |
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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 A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 33.030 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 33.030. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTION FOR DELINQUENT CHILD |
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| 13 | 13 | | SUPPORT PAYMENTS. (a) In this section, "Title IV-D agency" has the |
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| 14 | 14 | | meaning assigned by Section 101.033, Family Code. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) As authorized by 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(n), a person may |
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| 16 | 16 | | not receive supplemental nutrition assistance benefits as a member |
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| 17 | 17 | | of any household during any month in which the person is delinquent |
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| 18 | 18 | | in making a court-ordered child support payment. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) The restriction in Subsection (b) does not apply if a |
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| 20 | 20 | | court has allowed the person to delay payment or if the person is |
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| 21 | 21 | | complying with a payment plan approved by a court or the Title IV-D |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (d) The department and the Title IV-D agency shall jointly |
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| 24 | 24 | | enforce this section. |
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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, 2015. |
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